Ideological fictions of the nation: The legend of king Pelayo in the Middle Ages
The story of king Pelayo is one of the first legends of the Iberian Peninsula after the Moorish invasion of 711. It is clearly a necessary response to this invasion, and also an attempt to legitimize the newly established monarchy of the Kingdom of Asturias. In its effort to restore the "glorie...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2008
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3325278 |