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Enríquez
Gómez, Antonio, 1600-1663 |
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The
Perfect King / El rey más perfecto |
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The political and
religious dissident Antonio Enríquez Gómez wrote The Perfect
King (c. 1656) under the pseudonym Fernando de Zárate while living
in Seville as a fugitive from the Inquisition. The play deals with major
episodes in the life of King Fernando III "el Santo" of Castile-León,
who conquered Seville from the Muslims in 1248, presenting Fernando as
the model of everything a monarch should be, and thereby implying strong
criticism of Enríquez’s own contemporary king, Philip IV. |
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(Contributed by Michael
McGaha) |
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