Resumen

BECKER, Ulrike. Calila e Dimna como instrumento de memoria alfonsí y las narrativas epigráficas en la Estoria de España. Olivar [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.34, e108. ISSN 1852-4478.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.24215/18524478e108.

Calila and Dimna –as a mirror of princes of oriental origin and the first translation of a narrative prose text by order of Alfonso (1251) still being the heir of throne– provides a fund of strategies for the construction of royal memory. Starting in a paradigmatic way from the chapter “Del fijo del rey e del fidalgo e de sus compañeros” (The prince and his companions), and considering its transcultural origin, it is instructive to relate the respective methods described in Calila and Dimna to the procedures of the historiographic writings commissioned by Alfonso later as king, in particular those in the Estoria de España. Both texts contain narrative sequences that reproduce fictitious inscriptions. These inscriptions, their staging and the inherent narratives of dominion will be analyzed in this study with respect to political memory and the implications for the political culture of the Alfonsine reign. The media measures aimed at preserving the memory of the monarch through epigraphy, ranging from genealogical aspects to funeral monuments, often also serve to legitimize the kingship.

Palabras clave : Alfonso X; Calila and Dimna; Estoria de España; Epigraphy; Spaces of memory.

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