Palabras clave
identidad nacional, España, Edad Moderna.
Resumen
El siguiente artículo asume, como punto de partida, la hipótesis de que en los siglos XVI y XVII ya se puede detectar la existencia de una identidad nacional dirigida hacia la idea de España, y que ésta se vio particularmente reforzada a partir del reinado de Felipe II. La idea de la existencia de identidades nacionales en la Edad Moderna no es por lo general reconocida en el panorama académico actual, tanto hispano como internacional. Por ello, la investigación aborda una discusión primero semántica y conceptual, y luego propiamente histórica, en apoyo de este planteamiento. Desde esta perspectiva, la identidad nacional española se desarrolló y tomó forma a partir de diferentes discursos, construcciones simbólicas y fenómenos culturales que convergen en la época, y que serán aquí presentados y discutidos.
Keywords
National Identity, Spain, Early Modern Age.
Abstract
This review’s starting hypothesis is that in the 16th and 17th centuries there was
already a Spanish national identity, which was particularly strengthened from the
reign of King Philip II. The very idea of the existence of national identities in the
Early Modern Age is often not accepted in the current academic debate on the matter, either in Spain and in general. This research will thus discuss this issue, first from a semantic and conceptual perspective, and then from a strictly historical one. According to this approach, Spanish national identity developed and took shape as a result of the convergence in this period of different discourses, symbolic constructions, and cultural phenomena, which will be presented and discussed here.
already a Spanish national identity, which was particularly strengthened from the
reign of King Philip II. The very idea of the existence of national identities in the
Early Modern Age is often not accepted in the current academic debate on the matter, either in Spain and in general. This research will thus discuss this issue, first from a semantic and conceptual perspective, and then from a strictly historical one. According to this approach, Spanish national identity developed and took shape as a result of the convergence in this period of different discourses, symbolic constructions, and cultural phenomena, which will be presented and discussed here.