„Fabrykacja” dynastii Bragança. Studium oracji Antóniego de Sousy de Macedo, Fala que fez o D. António de Sousa de Macedo do Concelho da Fazenda da sua Magestade... (1656)
‘Fabrication’ of the Bragança dynasty. A study of the oration of António de Sousa de Macedo, Fala que fez o D. António de Sousa de Macedo do Concelho da Fazenda da sua Magestade... (1656)

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the oration by António de Sousa de Macedo (1606-1682) titled Fala que fez o D. António de Sousa de Macedo do Concelho da Fazenda da sua Magestade, no juramento de rei do Muito Alto e Muito Poderoso Dom Afonso VI, nosso senhor, em quarta-feira 15 de novembro 1656, published in 1656. The article argues that the oration is part of a wider restoration and post-resto¬ration context framed by the end of the union between Portugal and Spain (1640) and the war between the two countries (1640-1668). Following the principles of close reading, the analysis pursues the main axes of the monarch's praise and “fabrication” of his prestige and the image of the whole dynasty. The article finds methodological support in, among others, Peter Burke's The Fabrication of Louis XIV (Polish edition 2011).

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