Fictionalized biographies of queens and princesses of the Late Middle Ages in the Iberian Peninsula

Abstract

The historical novel is a literary genre that has maintained its enduring public interest since Walter Scott, in the early 19th century, provided a narrative model whose main characteristic lies in its enormous versatility. Although seemingly confined to a basic framework—setting, chronology, hybridity, etc.—it has been able to adapt to the specific characteristics and cultural idiosyncrasies of each country where it is read, while also allowing for its own evolution, incorporating diverse chronological frameworks and narrative developments. Currently, the historical novel primarily responds to mechanisms of rupture, not only in terms of literary genres, which are becoming increasingly diluted, but also in terms of the basic narrative pattern, characterized by the balance resulting from its intersection of history and fiction.