Monarchia, imperio universal y patronazgo regio. Los Austrias mayores, el pontificado, Dante y Gattinara sobre la construcción de la auctoritas católica.

Abstract

This paper is about Charles V and Philip II construction of imperial concept, founded in a solid tradition that goes from Dante Alighieri’s Monarchia to the writings of Mercurino Arborio da Gattinana, the very Grand Chancellor of Charles V. Simultaneously, the papes deals with the issue of the Right of Patronage. Its origins in the age of Reyes Católicos and its further expansions at the end of 16th Century are investigated in order to propose how the Castilian crown developed cesaropapist features not much different from the Anglican ecclesial system.