The Conquest of Tunis and the Mini-Aeneid of Charles V

Tristan Taylor

Abstract

Charles V made extensive use of Augustan and Virgilian imagery to portray his reign as an extension of that of Augustus, including tracing his heritage, via the Roman emperors, to Aeneas (eg, Catálogo real de Castilla; Tanner 1993). This paper will examine the importance of the 12 panel 16^th century tapestry series, the Conquest of Tunis (de Vega and Carretero 1986), for the continuation of this theme. These tapestries, regularly hung at court festivals even after Charles V's reign, link together Roman imperial glory and Trojan ancestry through allusions to the Aeneid in their portrayal of Charles V's 1535 conquest of Tunis.

Original language	English
Pages	67-67
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	ASCS 40: Australasian Society for Classical Studies 40th Annual Conference and Meeting - University of New England, Armidale, Australia Duration: 4 Feb 2019 → 7 Feb 2019

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Conference	ASCS 40: Australasian Society for Classical Studies 40th Annual Conference and Meeting
City	Armidale, Australia
Period	4/02/19 → 7/02/19

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