Download or read book Latin Political Propaganda in the War of the Spanish Succession and Its Aftermath 1700 1740 written by Alejandro Coroleu and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-16 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latin Political Propaganda offers the first comprehensive study of the central role played by the Latin language to celebrate or undermine political power during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1715). Waged as much on the printed page as on the battlefield, this worldwide conflict gave rise to an astonishing variety of Latin writing across the Continent - in verse or in prose - on both the pro-Habsburg and pro-Bourbon sides. Ranging from official documents, epic, satirical and panegyric poetry to defamatory pamphlets, letters, historiographical and juridical tracts, medals and ephemeral architecture, this vast textual corpus has gone almost unnoticed. Alejandro Coroleu provides close examination of the literary devices of these texts and shows how imitation of models and figures from classical antiquity was at the heart of the authors' highly refined verse and prose technique. He also pays attention to the historical and social context in which the texts emerged, and connects the Latin political writing produced at the time with more popular forms of propagandistic discourse (literary or visual) which found its expression in the vernacular. This book also reveals how the learned language continued to function - even after the hostilities had come to an end in July 1715 - as an instrument of political discourse and propaganda on both sides of the dynastic feud up until the death of Emperor Charles VI in October 1740.

Download or read book Judici i just cia written by Rosa Alcoy i Pedrós and published by Edicions Universitat Barcelona. This book was released on 2020 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La personificació de la Justícia com una dama amb balances i espasa és només una de les imatges que en l?època medieval i moderna es va expressar a les pàgines dels llibres manuscrits, als grans brodats, a les taules i als cicles escultòrics o pictòrics de caràcter monumental. Tant si es tractava del judici de Déu com de la justícia impartida pels humans, l?art europeu vehiculà, a partir d?algunes iconografies constants i d?altres temàtiques singulars, un món legislatiu, escatològic i hagiogràfic d?enorme complexitat. Els autors de Judici i Justícia analitzen aquestes realitats interessant-se per l?art català i per les continuïtats i les particularitats del tema en diversos territoris limítrofs i contextos concomitants. Apleguen així un bon repertori d?exemples i de propostes interpretatives que abracen el món religiós i el profà en un recorregut que ens mena de l?Europa medieval a la moderna. Els Judicis Finals i els temes bíblics, els mitològics i els de contingut moralitzador, els judicis dels magistrats, el del rei Salomó o el de Paris, entre d?altres, dibuixen un panorama iconogràfic dens que ens ajuda a redescobrir allò que succeïa o s?obviava al territori català respecte als altres contextos europeus.0.