Abstract
On 12 November of the year 1451, the follow-up party of the Infanta D. Leonor (1434-1467), second daughter of D. Duarte (1391-1438) and sister of King Afonso V (1432-1481), departed from Portugal to Italy, for confirmation of her marriage to the Emperor Habsburg Frederick III (1415-1493), already concluded by contract in Naples on 10 December of the previous year, and by proxy at the Portuguese court in late July of that year. In this last act, Nicholas of Valkenstein, one of the ambassadors sent by the emperor, left an impressive narrative where he explores the human and physical landscape of the Iberian spaces where he passed. What identity or identities spring from your testimony? How does he characterize the geography he met on his journey? And above all, how does he describe the people of the Peninsula?
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Alteridad Ibérica |
| Subtitle of host publication | el otro en la Edad Media |
| Editors | Pedro Martínez García |
| Place of Publication | Murcia |
| Publisher | Sociedad Española de Estudios Medievales |
| Pages | 123-144 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-84-17865-70-2 |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2021 |
Keywords
- Late medieval Iberia
- Identity constructions
- Otherness
- Diplomacy
- Pilgrimage
- Travel
