Oana Andreia SÂMBRIAN, The name of Sigismund in the Spanish Golden Age: from Sigismund Báthory to Sigismund III of Poland

Oana Andreia SÂMBRIAN
3rd Degree Scientific Researcher, PhD., “C.S. Nicolăescu-Plopşor” Institute for Research in Social Studies and Humanities from Craiova, of the Romanian Academy;
E-mail: oana.sambrian@gmail.com

Abstract
Our article focuses on the image that two of the important Sigismunds of our history have had in the Spanish mentality of the Golden Age: Sigimsund Báthory, prince of Transylvania and Sigismund III of Poland. The details provided by the Golden Age literature are analysed with the instruments of comparative and cultural studies in order to depict the fascinating approach to a faraway land and characters.

Keywords
Transylvania, Poland, Spain, Sigismund Báthory, Sigismund III.