Beatriz Marcos Pérez
Este artículo parte de la reivindicación de la presencia de republicanismo en el ámbito hispánico en los siglos XV y XVI, y presenta la denominación pensamiento republicano converso para referir a la manifestación en la que éste se desarrolla en la Castilla del XV (categoría alternativa a la habitual etiqueta humanismo cívico, de la cual se presenta una crítica por no comprender una serie de especificidades de dicho ámbito y excluirlo por ello de la historia del republicanismo). Uno de los rasgos más característicos y principales del pensamiento republicano converso es su sugerente articulación y redimensión recíproca entre elementos republicanos y elementos de la teología cristiana, lo cual contribuye a elaborar una racionalidad política inclusiva. El Defensorium unitatis christianae, escrito en 1449 por Alonso de Cartagena es epítome de ello, de ahí que lo analicemos.
This article claims that republicanism was present in the Hispanic World during the 15th and 16th centuries. The category Converso republican thought is proposed in order to refer to the specific circumstances in which it was developed in Fifteenth Century Castile. This label is therefore used as an alternative to the widely applied idea of civic humanism. The latter concept will be criticised because it lacks an understanding of the specificities of the Hispanic world thereby wrongfully excluding it from the history of republicanism. I will show that one of the main features of this Converso republican thought resides in its suggestive articulation and reciprocal nurturing between republican and Christian theological elements. An articulation, the paper will demonstrate, that contributes to an inclusive political rationality. The article will exemplify this by drawing on Alonso de Cartagena’s Defensorium unitatis christianae, written in 1449 –a treaty that can be taken as an epitome of this Converso republican thought.