Abstract

SOUSA, Cleusa Teixeira de. The relevance of writing and the officialization of the use of the Portuguese language in the royal documentation of Portugal in the period of D. Dinis (1279-1325). Acta Educ. [online]. 2022, vol.44, e54713.  Epub Feb 01, 2022. ISSN 2178-5201.  https://doi.org/10.4025/actascieduc.v44i1.54713.

The objective of this article is to promote a reflection on the relevance of the officialization of the Portuguese language in the royal documentation of the administration of D. Dinis, as one of the main strategies to strengthen the power of the Portuguese crown in this period. It is considered that Friar Francisco Brandão, in Monarquia Lusitana, highlights the king's action of ordering the translation of several works in other languages ​​in relation to Portuguese and the Dionysian interest in enriching the vulgar language and its use in Portugal. The monarch took over the kingdom in a difficult period for the Portuguese crown, as his father had failed to comply with some agreements with the ecclesiastical power, aiming at the benefit of the Portuguese crown and territoriality. It remained for him, therefore, to reestablish peace and animosity with the spiritual power and withdraw the kingdom from the papal interdict, inspiring reliability and security in the society of his time. The Dionysian administrative and diplomatic way led him to the creation of an identity that allowed the uniqueness among the Portuguese. Thus, the threads of relationships that tie and shape the governmental actions of D. Dinis, open paths for us to evidence the existence of a process of national identification, constituted through the institution of Portuguese as the official language of the records of the royal documentation, the delimitation of borders and the effective search for royal autonomy, in its political and economic dimensions.

Keywords : portuguese language; royal documentation; power; portuguese crown; D. Dinis..

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