Osvaldo Víctor PEREYRA

Original title: «Caput et membras». La imagen del rey castellano en la retórica y la iconografía

Published in Idea and image of royal power of the monarchies in Ancient and Medieval World

Keywords: Body, Head, King, Member, image.

The construction of the archetypal image of the Castilian king implies the combination of a set of symbols of royal power during the Middle Ages are being incorporated place as their own manifestations of political-social gravity is reaching the monarchy front of the set of groups and classes privileged kingdom. This paper attempts to highlight some of these elements that involve the symbolic realization of the king's image both in the discursive construction and iconography that accompanies it.