Folia Historica 32. (Budapest, 2017)

I. TANULMÁNYOK - Steinmacher Kornélia: Az idegenből jött uralkodónő. Jagelló Izabella (1519-1559) alakja a magyar kulturális emlékezetben

conflict between private and public interests, and as a conflict between other interest groups.

A duality can be discovered in the anecdotes and legends that were found in the historical sources: while there was serious criticism in literature, and many people saw the propagandistic aspect of these sources, legends were also characteristic in these sources. Beliefs have an important role in portraying historical women in 19lh century literature. The irritation and unfamiliarity can be partially explained by the female figures of the mediator belief system and the donna di palazzo concept of Italian renaissance that differs greatly from the Queen of abroad.

In many occasions, literary texts (in this case novel of Zsigmond Kemény) react more sensitively to the manipulative and artificial characteristics of historical sources than the contemporary figures of historical research. Due to the variability and the ability to show multiple perspectives in parallel, a literary writer can present a historical female figure in a more complex way. However, by doing so, they also show these figures' inaccessibility (act of donna di palazzo) due to this variability.

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