Open AccessRoyal Images and Sacred Elements in Norman-Swabian and Angevin-Aragonese Kingdom of Sicily
Author(s) -
Mirko Vagi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
eikón imago
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2254-8718
DOI - 10.5209/eiko.73382
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , history , period (music) , historiography , sovereignty , ancient history , kingdom , literature , art , archaeology , philosophy , law , aesthetics , political science , geology , paleontology , epistemology , politics
This paper analyses the royal images and the sacred elements; or rather, it studies the pictures of the kings of Sicily in Norman-Swabian and Angevin-Aragonese period (1130- 1343) produced inside the court with an official intent, and it examines their meaning regarding the royal sacrality of the king there represented: in other words, the relationship of the sovereign with the sacred element. In this way, it will achieve, regarding this matter, a different position in comparison with the previous interpretations given by historiography.