Iconos marianos, leyendas y monarquía en la Corona de Aragón (s. XIII-XV)

This study seeks to analyse the forms of perception and worship which aroused amongst late-medieval spectators a series of revered icons in different temples of the Crown of Aragon. It thus aims to deepen our understanding of some images which were initially devoid from a significant number of readings and meanings which, only with the passage of time, they have eventually acquired. In short, it attempts to discern the construction process of the sacred image, of how a portrait of the Virgin or of the Virgin and Child, in the majority of vulgar or mediocre occasions from an aesthetic perspective, came to assume a privileged status in the pantheon of medieval cult images thanks to, the crystallisation of legends; the organisation of liturgical ceremonies; the search for protective objects by local communities; the strengthening of Christianity against other religions or the definition of new prestigious instruments by the powerful. The aforementioned aspects are only some of those which have contributed to the history of the perception of some of the most highly regarded images by the spectators of the late Middle Ages.