Fuentes Vega, Alicia2024-05-272024-05-272024Fuentes Vega, Alicia. "Cultural Narratives of Charles V and Spanish Imaginaries in West Germany during the Franco Dictatorship." German Studies Review, vol. 47 no. 2, 2024, p. 273-294. Project MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/gsr.2024.a927860.10.1353/gsr.2024.a927860https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104451This article aims to contribute to research on the international relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Spain after World War II, when the Franco dictatorship experienced a process of rehabilitation. In order to gain a better understanding of this phenomenon, we need to complement existing studies on the history of diplomatic relations with approaches to the sphere of cultural imaginaries. This article, intended as a particular case study, analyzes the resignification of Francoism in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) via the heritage and tourist narratives associated with one historical figure shared by both nations: Charles V.engjournal articlehttps://muse.jhu.edu/article/927860open access94(460).093Historia contemporánea62 Ciencias de las Artes y las Letras5504.02 Historia Contemporánea