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dc.contributor.author	Gallego Chin Josée
dc.title	El arte del equívoco en Las damas del vellón de Quiñones de Benavente
dc.type	Chapter
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dc.description.abstract	Las damas del vellón (The Ladies of Money) is an interlude written by the master of the Spanish Golden Age minor theater Quiñones de Benavente, which parodies a ceremony of the chivalric Order of the Golden Fleece, based on the double meaning of the word vellón (copper coin and sheepskin). This witty play illustrates the recurrent financial crisis caused by the policy of war of the Spanish Empire and the splendor of its court, especially in 1627, with a devaluation of over fifty per cent of copper currency. Using an allegory, the performance denounces the loss of the moral values based on the symbology of the famous chain of the Golden Fleece. This study aims to show how the literary device of ambiguity permits both to amuse and to depict a kingdom whose prince and ministers are involved in robbery, as expressed by Juan de Mariana in El tratado de la moneda de vellón and Quevedo in El Chitón de la tarabillas.
dc.relation.ispartof	Library of Rassegna iberistica
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2017-07-03
dc.dateAccepted	2016-06-27
dc.dateSubmitted	2015-12-23
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-164-5/el-arte-del-equivoco-en-las-damas-del-vellon-de-qu/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/6969-163-8/RiB-5-43
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8844
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9360
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-164-5
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-163-8
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Ambiguity
dc.subject	Ambiguity
dc.subject	Copper coin
dc.subject	Copper coin
dc.subject	Financial crisis
dc.subject	Financial crisis
dc.subject	Golden Age minor theater
dc.subject	Golden Age minor theater
dc.subject	Juan de Mariana
dc.subject	Juan de Mariana
dc.subject	Order of the Golden Fleece
dc.subject	Order of the Golden Fleece
dc.subject	Parody
dc.subject	Parody
dc.subject	Quevedo
dc.subject	Quevedo
dc.subject	Quiñones de Benavente
dc.subject	Quiñones de Benavente
dc.subject	Robbery
dc.subject	Robbery
dc.subject	Slang
dc.subject	Slang
dc.subject	Witticism
dc.subject	Witticism

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El arte del equívoco en Las damas del vellón de Quiñones de Benavente

Josée Gallego Chin Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, France

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Las damas del vellón (The Ladies of Money) is an interlude written by the master of the Spanish Golden Age minor theater Quiñones de Benavente, which parodies a ceremony of the chivalric Order of the Golden Fleece, based on the double meaning of the word vellón (copper coin and sheepskin). This witty play illustrates the recurrent financial crisis caused by the policy of war of the Spanish Empire and the splendor of its court, especially in 1627, with a devaluation of over fifty per cent of copper currency. Using an allegory, the performance denounces the loss of the moral values based on the symbology of the famous chain of the Golden Fleece. This study aims to show how the literary device of ambiguity permits both to amuse and to depict a kingdom whose prince and ministers are involved in robbery, as expressed by Juan de Mariana in El tratado de la moneda de vellón and Quevedo in El Chitón de la tarabillas.

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June 27, 2016

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Dec. 23, 2015

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978-88-6969-164-5

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978-88-6969-163-8

Keywords: Slang • Order of the Golden Fleece • Robbery • Ambiguity • Quevedo • Juan de Mariana • Financial crisis • Golden Age minor theater • Parody • Quiñones de Benavente • Copper coin • Witticism

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