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- Title
The Vindication of King Gaulo: Anger Management in Cárcel de amor.
- Authors
MUNJIC, SANDA
- Abstract
Readers have condemned King Gaulo of Cárcel de amor because, presumably blinded by anger, he unjustly sentenced his daughter Laureola to death. Instead of the historical circumstances of late fifteenth-century Castile that, according to some critics, contextualize the events of the romance, I analyse the romance with respect to the legal notion of ira regia and the common wisdom regarding anger and administration of justice, which were disseminated in medieval sapiential and legal literature. Thus contextualized close reading exonerates King Gaulo of the charges of intemperance, cruelty and disregard for justice. The parallels between the sentimental and the legal plot of the romance show that King Gaulo and Laureola take turns to advocate strict or lenient administration of justice. The resulting dilemmas and events illustrate ironically the capricious rule of fortune over the concerted human efforts to control their affairs.
- Subjects
CARCEL de Amor (Book : San Pedro); SAN Pedro, Diego de, fl. 1500; ANGER in literature; KINGS &; rulers in literature; JUSTICE administration in literature; LITERARY criticism; MEDIEVAL literature
- Publication
Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (1475-3839), 2014, Vol 91, Issue 4, p331
- ISSN
1475-3839
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.3828/bhs.2014.22