Prudência, justiça e humildade: elementos marcantes no modelo de monarca presente nas obras dedicadas ao rei suevo

Abstract

The main focus of this paper is on the relationships established between Monarchy and Church in the Suevian Kingdom. By the mid-6th century, the alliance between these institutions in this kingdom, organized in the Iberian Peninsula, had created an environment which was increasingly favorable to the political action of the Church's members. The process culminated in the design of an ideal model for the king's conduct whose key elements were prudence, justice and humility. Given this framework, the main effort of this paper is to undertake an analysis which will help to reveal the roles played by each of those elements in the ideal model proposed for the monarch's conduct as well as the underlying assumptions which presided at over this construction.