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Catalan National Myths is part of the debate on identities, which is generating widespread controversy in the 21st century. The Catalan Countries and many other nations have used history, literature and other arts to construct their own mythical and symbolic system that brings their citizens together, and distinguishes and identifies them in the global context. This book presents, orders and interprets Catalan national mythology in terms of history, geography and language and is permeated throughout by the democratic spirit.
TABLE OF CONTENTS The Catalan mythical system Language myths Language of the heart, language of the nation Geographical myths The myth of the high land Barcelona Historical myths Prior myths Folkloric myths — Foundational myths — Sagunt, Empúries and Tarraco — Indibilis and Mandonius — Galla Placidia Constituent myths Otger Cataló and the Nine Barons — Judith of Welf — Wilfred the Hairy: independence and the flag — John Garí and the origins of Montserrat — Borrell II: the Cross of Saint George — Saint George — Mount Canigó, the reconquest — Count Arnau — Ramon Berenguer I, the Old — Cain and Abel: the Towhead and the Fratricide — Ramon Berenguer the Great and the Empress of Germany — Ramon Berenguer IV: Catalonia reaches the Ebro — The Moorish Queen of Siurana — Galceran de Pinós and the 100 maidens The Occitan myth The myth of plenitude King James — Peter II, the Great — The myth of the ambitious queen — The democratic myth — The kingdom of Majorca — Peter III, the Cerimonious or of the Dagger? — John I and the Gaia Ciència (Joyful Science) — Martin the Humane, the end of the Catalan dynasty The imperial myth The Almogavars — Roger of Lauria — Roger de Flor — Uses of the myth The myth of the crisis The Compromise of Caspe — James the Unfortunate, Count of Urgell — John Fiveller — John II — The Prince of Viana — John Blanques — Ferdinand the Catholic — John of Canyamars The myth of decadence The Rector of Vallfogona — The Revolt of the Brotherhoods — Banditry: Serrallonga The myth of separation Pau Claris The myth of mutilation The myth of defeat Rafael Casanova — Defeat and vengeance References Events, institutions, movements — Onomastic index
Magí Sunyer is a professor of Catalan literature at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili specialising in the study of contemporary literature, and national and republican mythologies. He has published books such as Mites per a una nació (Myths for a Nation) – precursor of the present book –, Els mites de la república (The Myths of the Republic) and Primera lliçó sobre el romanticisme (First Lesson on Romanticism). John Bates graduated in Hispanic Studies from Sheffield University in 1984 and then moved to Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain). From 1998 to 2024, he was the head of the Language Service of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili University and responsible for organising language courses and providing an editing and translation service in Catalan, Spanish and English for university staff. Vegéu també:
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