AMGD. Un santo patrono para Navarra. La forja del reino como comunidad espiritual (siglos XV-XVII) [AMDG. A patron saint for Navarra The forging of the kingdom as a spiritual community (15th-17th centuries)]

Abstract

The medieval kingdom of Navarra never invoked a common heavenly patron, unlike the kingdom of Castilla or the crown of Aragón. At this point, the development of a community identity required a selection process and controversy, fuelled by the incorporation into the Spanish Monarchy. I aim to explain the discourses and ideas underpinning the ideological debates on the figures of St Saturnino, St Fermin and St Francisco Javier, from the 15th to 17th centuries, using the main historiographical and publicistic texts. And to understand what this can tell us about the structuring of this political society, compared to those of Castilla and Aragón.