O heroísmo cavaleiresco dos séculos XV-XVII

Abstract

After knowing better the fictional setting of chivalrous heroism during the Middle Ages (based on the Livro do cavaleiro Zifar and Amadis de Gaula), along our intervention we seek to analyze how the traditional features, archetypal and mythical, of the hero of the books of chivalry, are in a continuous transformation through the end of fifteenth century and the sixteenth century. And these changes have to do with a loss of authenticity that converts the protagonists ofthese literary works in people stereotyped, away from their medieval models and closer to the characters of sentimental character, whose concerns will revolve around the loves, which serve the virtues of the mythical hero, ie, firmness, fortitude, magnanimity, nobility and courage. For this, we analyze some of the books of chivalry cycles of Amadis de Gaula and Palmeirim, without forgetting Portuguese books of chivalry as Palmeirim de Inglaterra, by Francisco de Moraes, and its sequels.