Resumen de Fiction and Reality in Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo’s Amadís de Gaula: An hidalgo’s Perception of Reward for Services Rendered to the Crown
The contrast between the ending of the primitive Amadís de Gaula and Montalvo’s reworking begs the question, why did the author introduce thematic changes. Could Montalvo’s additions serve as commentary on the centralization of power in the court that reduced the privileges of lower nobility? Faced with the budgetary restructuring of the monarchy, did Montalvo long for the royal concessions granted during the days of Isabel’s predecessors?
