Resumen: La carta de arras de Leonor Plantagenet otorgada por su esposo Alfonso VIII de Castilla en 1170 constituye uno de los documentos más interesantes y menos estudiados del periodo en cuanto al análisis de la reginalidad y el ejercicio del poder femenino en la realeza. Este documento no solo enumera las propiedades y derechos nupciales concedidos bajo las mismas condiciones, sino que una lectura más contextualizada y apoyada por los textos legales de la época permite hacer una signifi cativa distinción entre lo que el rey castellano entregaba con plena disposición o lo que podría identifi carse como la sponsalicia largitas, y aquella propiedad que concedía con derechos limitados o donatio propter nupcias. El primer tipo de propiedad confería a la consorte una autonomía económica, mientras que el segundo la autorizaba ante la comunidad política del reino.Palabras clave: Leonor Plantagenet; Alfonso VIII; arras; Castilla; reginalidad.
Abstract:The dower charter of Leonor Plantagenet granted by her husband Alfonso VIII of Castile in 1170 is one of the most interesting yet least studied documents in that period in regards to the analysis of queenship and the exercise of power by royal females. This document not only lists nuptial property and rights given under the same conditions, but a more contextualized analysis aided by some legal texts of the time brings out a very signifi cant distinction between what the king granted with full rights and that could be identifi ed as sponsalicia largitas, and property granted with limited rights as a donatio propter nupcias. The fi rst type of property empowered the queen consort with economic autonomy, while the second authorized her before the political community of the kingdom.
Este trabajo es parte de un proyecto biográfi co más extenso sobre Leonor de Inglaterra (o Plantagenet), reina de Castilla (1161-1214), fi nanciado por el programa de postdoctorado de la Comisión
De la cancillería de Leonor Plantagenet, reina consorte de Castilla, se conocía hasta hoy un solo diploma expedido en abril de 1179 y actualmente conservado en el Archivo Capitular de Toledo. Pero se tenía noticia de una emisión diplomática en noviembre del mismo año que se encontraba originalmente en el archivo medieval del Hospital del Rey de Burgos y que estaba hasta ahora extraviada. El propietario de este pergamino ha dado la noticia de su existencia a los autores de este estudio, que ofrecen aquí un análisis histórico, paleográfico y diplomático, además de una trascripción íntegra del texto latino, hasta hoy absolutamente desconocido. Este hallazgo confirma la primicia que significó, para los reinos hispánicos de la Edad Media, la gestación de una casa y cámara de la consorte regia, así como la capacidad dispositiva suficiente y autónoma de bienes del realengo que tuvo la mujer de Alfonso VIII.
The marriage of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Leonor Plantagenet was not only the first political alliance between a Spanish kingdom and England in the Middle Ages, but it is also a very interesting case of study for the collaborative and corporate nature of twelfth-century royal rulership in Europe. Queen Leonor was described in the sources as a very capable and virtuous ruler and the study of her reign as consort reveals that she exercised queenship as an active political companion and partner in rule to her husband, thus contributing significantly to one of medieval Spain’s most successful reigns and perhaps setting a model for queens in the late medieval period. Una cum uxore sua, the king did not simply exercise his power and authority in the passive company of Leonor, but with her consort reigned over the kingdom as one body, thus making the most of her family prestige and networks, and fully availing her capacity and virtues for Castile’s political, dynastic and cultural prospects.
La mayoría de los estudios sobre los orígenes del parlamento en los reinos hispánicos se han enfocado en los cambios sociales de la composición de estas asambleas monárquicas, especialmente desde el siglo XIII. Este trabajo, en cambio, analiza el consejo, asentimiento y deliberación que se dio en estas grandes reuniones de reyes y nobles en el siglo XII, para sostener que este fenómeno comprende un proceso que es clave para entender el desarrollo de las cortes a partir de las curias plenas.
ExErcício do podEr na idadE Média E suas rEprEsEntaçõEs: novas frontEiras, novos significadosRev i s t a d o P ro g r a m a d e Pó s -G r a d u a ç ã o e m H i s tó r i a U n i ve r s i d a d e Fe d e r a l d o R i o G r a n d e d o S u l e -I S S N 1 9 8 3 -2 01 X ht tp s : //s e e r. u f rg s . b r/a n o s 9 0 D O I : 10 . 2 245 6 / 1 9 8 3 -2 01 X . 8 8 52 9 A n o s 9 0 , Po r to A l e g re , v. 2 6 -e 2 0 1 9 107 -2 0 1 9 Este é um artigo Open Access sob a licença CC BY "Assembled as one man": the councils of Henry II and the political community of England ""Reunidos como um homem": os conselhos de Henrique II e a comunidade política da Inglaterra ABSTRACT: The study of parliamentary origins for England -and other kingdoms -has traditionally concentrated on aspects such as the social composition of assemblies and territorial representation. It has been argued that parliamentary assemblies were born when the three estates of medieval society were summoned to meet the king at feudal councils. However, such an approach has led to some anachronistic conclusions that have overlooked the importance of the presence of the political community, the communitas or universitas regni at these assemblies as a key phenomenon to understanding parliamentary origins. Such community was the body of nobles, assembled as one at councils not because they represented the kingdom, but because they were the kingdom. KEYWORDS: Assemblies. Henry II. Medieval England. Parliament. RESUMO: O estudo das origens parlamentares da Inglaterra -e de outros reinos -tem se concentrado tradicionalmente em aspectos como a composição social das assembleias e a representação territorial. Argumentou-se que as assembleias parlamentares nasceram quando os três estamentos da sociedade medieval foram convocados para se encontrar com o rei nos conselhos feudais. Contudo, tal abordagem levou a algumas conclusões anacrônicas que negligenciaram a importância da presença da comunidade política, das communitas ou universitas regni nessas assembleias como um fenômeno chave para compreender as origens parlamentares. Tal comunidade era o corpo de nobres, reunidos como um nos conselhos, não porque representassem o reino, mas porque eram o reino. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Assembleias. Enrique II. Inglaterra medieval. Parlamento.
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