In the sixteenth century, Martin Luther's Protestant Reformation generated multiple reform movements and political transformations in Europe. Within this general period of reform, political and cultural changes from the Tudor era (1485-1603) created a separate English Reformation. The English Reformation evolved from the different agendas of the early Tudor monarchs and occurred in two distinct waves: an initial, more moderate Henrician Reformation and a later, more complete Edwardian Reformation. Henry VIII and Edward VI's attempts to redefine monarchy through a new State and Church identity drove English church reform during this period, giving these religious shifts distinct political roots. Cultural artifacts were prominent indicators of these differing political goals, and Henry VIII and Edward VI adjusted and removed images and texts according to their propaganda methods. These royal manipulations of culture are well-documented, but historians have overlooked important components in the communication process. Lay responses to imagery changes ranging from compliance to rebellion demonstrate the complex relationship of images, monarchy, and reform. Examining images' function as propaganda with questions of intent, reception, and comprehension in royal communication is imperative for assessing the impact of royal messages on Tudor culture. Analyzing Tudor art as a form of political communication that disseminated idealized political representation reveals a strong visual discourse between the King and the English people. Images held key powers within royal discourse to create and disseminate propaganda of a kingship.

Em Portugal e Castela, entre fins do século XV e ao longo do século XVI, importantes espaços da monarquia foram ocupados pela Ordem de São Jerônimo. A presente tese ocupa-se de tratar dos incentivos dos monarcas desses dois reinos às casas jerônimas como parte da propaganda régia. Em especial trataremos dos dois monastérios mais favorecidos pelas monarquias: Santa Maria de Belém e San Lorenzo El Real del Escorial. Os dois edifícios foram construídos por iniciativa real, em momentos de alargamento do poderia desses reinos em outros continentes e em contextos em que a possibilidade de união dos reinos peninsulares era vislumbrada, inicialmente por D. Manuel e depois por Felipe II. A pesquisa se ocupou em estudar documentos iconográficos, textuais e de cultura material, em especial, buscando compreender o discurso expresso nos edifícios aliados ao discurso oficial escrito sobre o governo desses monarcas. / In Portugal and Castile, between fifteenth century and sixteenth century, important spaces of the monarchy were occupied by the Order of St. Jerome. The present thesis deals with the incentives of the monarchs of these two kingdoms to monasteries of St. Jerome as part of the royal propaganda. In particular we will treat the two monasteries most favored by the monarchies: Santa Maria de Belém and San Lorenzo El Real del Escorial. These two buildings were built on the initiative of kings, at times of enlargement of the kingdom and in contexts in which the possibility of union of the peninsular kingdoms was glimpsed, initially by D. Manuel and later by Felipe II. The research was focused on studying iconographic, textual and material culture documents, in particular, seeking to understand the discourse expressed in the buildings allied to the official written discourse on the government of these monarchs

Em Portugal e Castela, entre fins do século XV e ao longo do século XVI, importantes espaços da monarquia foram ocupados pela Ordem de São Jerônimo. A presente tese ocupa-se de tratar dos incentivos dos monarcas desses dois reinos às casas jerônimas como parte da propaganda régia. Em especial trataremos dos dois monastérios mais favorecidos pelas monarquias: Santa Maria de Belém e San Lorenzo El Real del Escorial. Os dois edifícios foram construídos por iniciativa real, em momentos de alargamento do poderia desses reinos em outros continentes e em contextos em que a possibilidade de união dos reinos peninsulares era vislumbrada, inicialmente por D. Manuel e depois por Felipe II. A pesquisa se ocupou em estudar documentos iconográficos, textuais e de cultura material, em especial, buscando compreender o discurso expresso nos edifícios aliados ao discurso oficial escrito sobre o governo desses monarcas. / In Portugal and Castile, between fifteenth century and sixteenth century, important spaces of the monarchy were occupied by the Order of St. Jerome. The present thesis deals with the incentives of the monarchs of these two kingdoms to monasteries of St. Jerome as part of the royal propaganda. In particular we will treat the two monasteries most favored by the monarchies: Santa Maria de Belém and San Lorenzo El Real del Escorial. These two buildings were built on the initiative of kings, at times of enlargement of the kingdom and in contexts in which the possibility of union of the peninsular kingdoms was glimpsed, initially by D. Manuel and later by Felipe II. The research was focused on studying iconographic, textual and material culture documents, in particular, seeking to understand the discourse expressed in the buildings allied to the official written discourse on the government of these monarchs