Alfonso the Magnanimous (1394-1458) became king of southern Italy in 1443, celebrating a spectacular Triumph. At his court, he gathered around himself the most important intellectuals of the time, from various places, who completely reworked his political consensus building strategies, adapting them to the new ruler’s imperial image. The king’s legitimacy strategies followed multiple paths (possession of virtues and dynastic inheritance), on various levels (rational, traditional and charismatic). The result was the invention of ‘Monarchical Humanism’, a type of Humanism whose salient characteristics were innovative, alternative and totally opposed to, but certainly no less important than, those of the ‘Civil Humanism’ developing Elsewhere.
Alfonso il Magnanimo (1394-1458) si presentò come re dell’Italia meridionale nel 1443, celebrando uno spettacolare Trionfo. Nella sua corte raccolse intorno a sé i più importanti intellettuali dell’epoca, di diversa provenienza, che organizzarono il consenso politico costruendo per il sovrano una rivoluzionaria immagine imperiale. In questa prospettiva, le forme di legittimazione seguirono strade diverse (esaltazione di virtù eccezionali e idealizzazione dell’eredità classica) e si posero su diversi livelli (razionale, tradizionale e carismatico). Il risultato fu l’invenzione di un “Umanesimo monarchico” che assunse caratteri identificativi assolutamente originali: alternativi o totalmente opposti a quelli dell’“Umanesimo civile” sviluppato in altri centri, ma certamente non meno rilevanti o innovativi.
From Kingdom to Empire. Political Legitimacy Building Strategies at the Court of Alfonso the Magnanimous
Fulvio Delle Donne
2022-01-01
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Alfonso the Magnanimous (1394-1458) became king of southern Italy in 1443, celebrating a spectacular Triumph. At his court, he gathered around himself the most important intellectuals of the time, from various places, who completely reworked his political consensus building strategies, adapting them to the new ruler’s imperial image. The king’s legitimacy strategies followed multiple paths (possession of virtues and dynastic inheritance), on various levels (rational, traditional and charismatic). The result was the invention of ‘Monarchical Humanism’, a type of Humanism whose salient characteristics were innovative, alternative and totally opposed to, but certainly no less important than, those of the ‘Civil Humanism’ developing Elsewhere.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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