In the 1560âs and the 1570âs, several authors outside of Spain recorded the text of an oath supposedly uttered by the Aragonese people when they received their king. While most modern historians doubt the authenticity of the oath, they agree that it has frequently served the purposes of political propaganda whenever an Aragonese patriot has wished to epitomize his nationâs tradition of resistance to tyranny. This book studies the oath âWe, who are worth as much as you, take you as our king, provided that you preserve our laws and liberties, and if not, notâ as an example of historiographical fiction which belongs to a complex of legal-historical legends about the origins of Aragon.
Originally published in 1968.
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