Ruxia i Ruxianos w romansach rycerskich autorstwa Feliciano de Silva

In this article, we examine the way in which Feliciano de Silva uses an authentic toponym Rus (Ruxia) in constructing the world presented in his romances of chivalry. As it is shown, Feliciano de Silva only partially follows the trend previously established by Garci Rodriguez de Montalvo, who in his works outlines a clear opposition between the Christian world of knight-errant and the evil and wic…