Entre a cavalaria e a santidade (Portugal - século XV): Nuno Álvares Pereira, um herói medieval no Ensino de História

Abstract

The present work seeks to demonstrate the points of contact between History and Literature during the Middle Ages. In this sense, using the context of Portugal during the late Middle Ages to analyze the figure of the knight, specifically through the constable Nuno Álvares Pereira who had a great participation in the 138331385 Portuguese interregnum. Titled as the greatest knight of Portugal in documentation, such as Crônica do Condestável de Portugal by an anonymous author, as well as A Crónica de D. João I, by Fernão Lopes, written in the 15th century, it is described that this is an influence of arthurian narratives. Specifically, it is said that the Constable was influenced by the figure of the literary knight Galahad from the novel The Quest for the Holy Grail, from the 13th century. Both characters carry elements that make up an idealized model of behavior of a Christian knight to the point that Nuno Álvares Pereira was canonized in the contemporary era, thus demonstrating the influence of the Middle Ages in the present day.