Les Regum Aragonum res geste sont une vaste chronique latine rédigée par le juriste aragonais Gonzalo García de Santa María au début du XVIe siècle, à Saragosse. Elles narrent les exploits des rois d'Aragon à partir du VIIIe siècle et jusqu'à la mort d'Alphonse V en 1458. L'objet de cette thèse est de mettre au jour le texte de cette œuvre non seulement inédite, mais longtemps considérée comme perdue, à partir d'un brouillon autographe conservé à la Biblioteca de Catalunya. Le présent travail offre donc le matériau nécessaire à l'examen d'hypothèses formulées in absentia sur ce texte et sa place dans le panorama de l'historiographie aragonaise autour de 1500. L'édition poursuit deux objectifs : la constitutio textus et l'exposition des processus d'élaboration textuelle dont témoigne le manuscrit. L'étude introductive définit le contexte de production de la chronique. Une analyse codicologique examine d'abord les conditions matérielles de réalisation de l'unique témoin conservé. Puis les diverses influences ayant déterminé la rédaction du propos sont envisagées sous plusieurs biais : inscription de l'auteur dans différents réseaux sociaux, politiques et culturels ; rapports de l'œuvre aux chroniques de Vagad et Marineo Sículo ; modèles littéraires et historiographiques. Ce travail prétend montrer, in fine, comment les Regum Aragonum res geste prennent part, à leur manière, aux débats stylistiques, historiques et idéologiques de leur temps. Il se veut également un nouveau coup de projecteur sur un foyer historiographique particulièrement actif dans la capitale aragonaise, au début du XVIe siècle, et dont les diverses dynamiques sont en cours d'exploration.

Texte remanié de : Dissertation : Romanistik : philosophische Fakultät der Universität Bonn : 1984. / Bibliogr p. 241-271. Index.

Doctorat d'Etat : Langue et littérature françaises : Nancy 2 : 2002. / Bibliographie. Index.

Pere III of Catalonia (1319-1387) began his reign in 1336. As count-king, he reigned over Aragon, Catalonia, and Valencia. The Chronicle of Pere III of Catalonia covers the years 1319-1369, fifty years of a nearly seventy year life. Pere wrote this chronicle in collaboration with his chancery office. Bernat Descoll was the main contributor from the chancery, and he consulted with the king as he wrote it. The chronicle reflects spiritual justifications for actions that occurred during Pere's reign, such as his conflict with the Uniòns of Aragon and Valencia, as well as his conflict with Pedro I of Castile. In the prologue to the chronicle, Pere compares both himself and Catalonia to several events in the reign of King David of Israel. References to Biblical kings are not featured in the rest of the chronicle; however, there are many general spiritual references to God. It is my contention that Pere chose to emulate David because David was a highly respected Biblical king, as well as the fact that David's history as a warrior could be used to spiritually justify the military actions of Pere. I will seek to prove this by reviewing ancient and medieval interpretations of David's reign, and by analyzing both the representations of David in the prologue and Pere's religious references in the main text of the chronicle. This study shows that Pere used the idea of King David in an aberrant way to serve his own purposes. Prior to Pere's usage, David typically served as an example of a humble, righteous, servant king in political and theological works, not the righteous warrior king that Pere co-opts to justify his reign.

In 1492, the Catholic Monarchs Isabel and Ferdinand conquered Granada, the last Muslim Kingdom in Spain, issued the edict of expulsion of Jews and charged Christopher Columbus to find out a western route to Indies who by coincidence discovered America. These three momentous events led to construction of Spanish national unity and of the Spanish world empire. In this study, what we are looking for is the impact of the first two events, the conquest of Granada and the expulsion of the Jews, on the formation of the Spanish national unity and the Spanish nationhood vis-&agrave / -vis Jews and Muslims in its historical context. In this study, the concept of nation-building would be employed not in economic but in political, religious and cultural terms. This study, by using the historical analysis method, found that centuries-long Muslim and Jewish presence in Spain and the Spaniards&rsquo / fight for exterminating this religious, cultural and political pluralism led to the formation of unitary Catholic state and society in Spain in the period under consideration.

Th.--Lett.--Paris, 1987.

Tesis doctoral--Filosofía y letras--Zaragoza, 1977. / Bibliogr. p. 423-451. Index.

Originally presented as the author's Inaugural-Dissertation--Universität München, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (p. xv-lxix) and indexes.

Originally presented as the author's Inaugural-Dissertation--Universität München, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (p. xv-lxix) and indexes.

Tesis doct.--Tarragona--Universidad Rovira y Virgili, 1991. / Bibliogr. p. [320]-332 et notes bibliogr.