Malo a quibusdam de loquacitate redargui, quam veritatem memorabilis rei per me omnibus occultari : "Encomium Emmae Reginae" : continuidad y ruptura del discurso historiográfico clásico

Abstract

Este trabajo estudia el llamado Encomium Emmae Reginae , atendiendo a la tradición retórica e historiográfica que nutre el discurso, buscando, a partir de las reflexiones hechas por su autor en el prólogo, verificar los límites e interferencias de ambas disciplinas en el discurso. Partiremos para ello del compromiso tópico que el autor asume con la verdad, contraponiendo las dos posibilidades disyuntivas que tradicionalmente enfrenta el historiador: apegarse a la verdad o servirse del ars . El encomiasta afirma, sin embargo, que la loquacitas propia de la retórica es una forma válida de expresar la verdad histórica y el panegírico, un modelo viable de discurso histórico. Esto constituye, si no un alejamiento de la tradición historiográfica clásica, al menos una consideración en la que vale la pena detenerse, pues debería obligarnos a reconsiderar el título con el que conocemos la obra y la situación de la misma en la historiografía anglo normanda del siglo XI.

This work studies the Encomium Emmae Reginae , attending to the rhetorical and historiographical tradition that nourishes it and starting from the considerations made by its author regarding his undertaking --, it aims to verify the limits and intereferences of both disciplines in his work. The start limits and intereferences of both disciplines in his work. The starting point of our ing point of our research is the topical compromise assumed by the encomiast assumes in the research is the topical compromise assumed by the encomiast assumes in the prologue regarding the truth, opposing two disjunctive possibilities that prologue regarding the truth, opposing two disjunctive possibilities that traditionally any historian must face: sticking to the traditionally any historian must face: sticking to the veritasveritas or making use of the or making use of the arsars. . The author, however, claims that he author, however, claims that loquacitasloquacitas, quintessencially atributed to oratory, is , quintessencially atributed to oratory, is a valid way of expressing the historical truth, and so, he argues that a panegyric is a valid way of expressing the historical truth, and so, he argues that a panegyric is a viable model of historical speech. If not an open disruption of the classical a viable model of historical speech. If not an open disruption of the classical histhistoriographical traditionoriographical tradition--, the assertion should at least compel us to reconsider the , the assertion should at least compel us to reconsider the title by which now we know title by which now we know Encomium Emmae ReginaeEncomium Emmae Reginae and to reasses its situation and to reasses its situation within the 11th cenuryAnglowithin the 11th cenuryAnglo--Norman historiography.Norman historiography.

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