Historias Fingidas is a peer reviewed international journal promoted by the Mambrino Project and publishes research works of international scope on Spanish chivalric fiction, conceived as an European phenomenon, beyond geographical and linguistic borders and pre-established critical barriers between literary genres and disciplines.
Historias Fingidas welcomes contributions for issue 14 (2026). Monographic section dedicated to the theme “Knights and shepherds: «ahora sea caballero andante o pastor por andar»” (coords. Stefano Bazzaco e Sara Isabel Santa Aguilar; publication: december 2026, Deadline for proposal submissions: May 31st, 2026).
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ed. Anna Bognolo
Set on the edge of the research fields of medievalism and modernity studies, the chivalric fiction of the sixteenth century develops in a situation of strong disparity between national literatures, which confront and chase each other, between verse and prose, in the vast territory marked by the hegemony of the Habsburg empire, where the boundaries between modern states are still unstable.
The role of the libros de caballerías in this context has not yet been adequately defined. If in the past some deep rooted prejudices have contributed to the removal of these books from the manuals of literature history, in more recent times the disciplinary fences hinder the dialogue that should, rather, lead to a clearer overview.
The question may be renewed with a different look, at the same time specialized and poen to wide horizons, without geographical and linguistic borders (the chivalric fiction as an European and Spanish-American phenomenon) and without preconceived critical barriers between genres and disciplines; following the paths dictated by texts, letting them talk ...
International Scientific Committee: María del Rosario Aguilar Perdomo, Carlos Alvar, Nieves Baranda, Rafael Beltrán, Juan Manuel Cacho Blecua, Axayácatl Campos García Rojas, Pedro Cátedra, Luzdivina Cuesta Torre, Alberto Del Río Nogueras, Claudia Demattè, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Francesco Fiumara, Vittoria Foti, Folke Gernert, Emma Herrán, † Víctor Infantes, José Manuel Lucía Megías, María del Carmen Marín Pina, José Julio Martín Romero, Elisabetta Sarmati, Barry Taylor, Aurelio Vargas Díaz Toledo.
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