Open AccessAl servicio del rey. Sobre la carta real diplomática de la Corona de Aragón (1336-1458)
Author(s) -
María Luz Mandingorra Llavata
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
anuario de estudios medievales
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.161
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1988-4230
pISSN - 0066-5061
DOI - 10.3989/aem.2017.47.2.06
Subject(s) - humanities , political science , art
The aim of this paper is to reconstruct the morphological evolution of the royal diplomatic letter in the Crown of Aragon between the reigns of Peter the Ceremonious and Alfonso the Magnanimous. During this period, the form taken by this document was adapted to its contents and those in receipt of it, according to the principles of the Ars dictaminis, without relinquishing its material and textual simplicity in the process. With its adaptation to the communicative requirements of the monarchy, the royal diplomatic letter became an instrument of governance that helped to strengthen royal power and anticipated mechanisms that would be fully developed during the Early Modern Period