El pasado y la legitimación política en Jordanesla construcción y el uso de la historia en la Antigüedad tardía

Résumé

Summary of the Doctoral Thesis UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA. THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF DOCTORAL STUDIES PhD candidate: Pedro Pérez Mulero Thesis title: Past and political legitimation in Jordanes: the construction and use of history in late Antiquity. Thesis objectives: 1. Bibliographic update and history of the investigation. 2. Detailed analysis of Getica and Romana in their historical context. 3. Joint analysis of the two works. 4. Verification of the use of sources in Jordanes, both written and oral. 5. Search for the possible relationship between the construction and use of history and political legitimation in the present of the author. Our methodology is based on the hermeneutical method, which observes ancient sources as a testimony of the historical moment in which they were produced. Historical-philological criticism allows us to interpret Jordanes's work as a reflection of his woldview. His work shows a predetermined meaning and intention. With the analysis of the Redaktionsgeschichte, we can distinguish the steps that the author has followed from the selection of the information to the final writing of his work. We include here the storyline as well as possible additions, omissions and characteristic expressions of the author. We defend that Jordanes wrote his two works to respond to the two great problems of his time: political, in relation of the defeat of the goths in Italy, and religious, in the context of the theological dispute of the Three Chapters in Constantinople. Jordanes offers two answers, but both in same direction: the hope of salvation in God can be achieved through to the union with Justinian and the observance of the Law. Due to censorship and political and religious violence, Jordanes cannot be completely clear in his claims, so we must deduce them by analyzing his work. Jordanes writes as Bishop of Crotona, as a Romanized Goth and his experience as a notarius. Getica is written for Brother Castalio possibly located in Italy and Romana for the Bishop of Rome, Brother Vigilio, who is in Constantinople. Our work has updated the knowledge about Jordanes, his life and work in the context in which he lived. Jordanes is a Roman-Christian author, but with his own original features that reveal the ethnic-social, political and religious mix of the Roman Empire. For Jordanes, God agrees with the imperial expansion enterprise through armas et leges. However, the Pope is hesitant about this. Jordanes' position is based on the interpretation of historical signs. His aims is to show readers the way forward. In this sense, the construction of history at this time in late Antiquity serves a practical use in the present of the author.