Premio Príncipe de Viana de 2014. Palabras del premiado después de recibir el galardón (Monasterio de Leire, 4 de junio de 2014) [2014 Prince of Viana Award. Words of the laureate after receiving the award (Monastery of Leire, June 4, 2014)]

Abstract

P. Tarsicio de Azcona received the 2014 Prince of Viana Award for Culture from the Government of Navarre in the incomparable setting of the Monastery of San Salvador de Leire. In response, he delivered a short but emotional speech which he set out under four headings. 1. «My heart overflows with a pleasing theme»: he expresses his thanks to everyone for the award (prince and princess, authorities, Capuchins, fellow countrymen); 2. «I put down my hoe and headed for the cloister»: he talks about his rural roots and his vocation to become a friar and researcher; 3. «History, life’s teacher»: Cicero’s statement sums up his zeal for the truth in his studies; 4 «The historian’s uphill slog»: a sincere augury...