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Kingship and Propaganda: Royal Eloquence and the Crown of Aragon c.1200-1450 by Suzanne F. Cawsey (Hardcover, 2002)

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ISBN-13: 9780199251858, 978-0199251858. Throughout this period a series of energetic and talented rulers sought to maintain royal authority and govern their realms effectively. Their persuasive rhetoric, and that of their advisers, is preserved in the archives of the Crown of Aragon in Barcelona, which provide a rich and under-exploited.

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'Makes good use of comparative material from other countries, especially Naples.' -J. N. Hillgarth, University of Toronto (Emeritus)During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the Crown of Aragon was a rapidly expanding and powerful political unit with an original form of representative government. Throughout this period, a series of energetic and talented rulers sought to maintain royal authority and to govern their realms effectively. This book examines the ways in which they used the art of rhetoric to uphold royal power and to gain their subjects' co-operation.