Historia de España contada con sencillez: a apropriação da conquista espanhola para legitimar a identidade de nacional durante a Ditadura Franquista (1936-1975)

Abstract

This work will analyze the appropriation of the Spanish reconquest made by José María Pemán in his book entitled Historia de España Contada con Sencillez , more specifically the part where he talks about the hero Cid. This book was written during the Francoist dictatorship, of which Pemán was a supporter. An analysis will then be made of how Pemán appropriated this past to legitimize and help create the Spanish identity. An analysis will then be made, based on the New Cultural History, to try to solve the problem of how Pemán appropriated this past to legitimize and help create the Spanish identity.