Seminar in Medieval Studies: “Nacionalismo e internacionalidade na historiografia sobre a arquitetura do mosteiro da Batalha: de Frei Manuel dos Santos a Mário Chicó, com uma lenda de permeio (1729-1956)” – Pedro Redol (Convent of Christ, Machado de Castro National Museum, Monastery of Batalha)
As an (imperfect) review of the literature on the architectural history of the Monastery of Batalha, we propose a dynamic approach based on the dichotomy between its Portuguese and international roots generated by the successive nationalist theses and their antitheses. This tour demonstrates how the well-known tale The Vault (1401) by Alexandre Herculano crystallised the […]