A king travels [electronic resource] : festive traditions in late medieval and early modern Spain / Teofilo F. Ruiz.
2012
GT4862.A2 R85 2012eb
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A king travels [electronic resource] : festive traditions in late medieval and early modern Spain / Teofilo F. Ruiz.
Author
Ruiz, Teofilo F., 1943-
ISBN
9781400842247 (electronic bk.)
9780691153575
9780691153582
9780691153575
9780691153582
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 356 p.) : ill., map
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GT4862.A2 R85 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
394.26946
Summary
A King Travels examines the scripting and performance of festivals in Spain between 1327 and 1620, offering an unprecedented look at the different types of festivals that were held in Iberia during this crucial period of European history. Bridging the gap between the medieval and early modern eras, Teofilo Ruiz focuses on the travels and festivities of Philip II, exploring the complex relationship between power and ceremony, and offering a vibrant portrait of Spain's cultural and political life. Ruiz covers a range of festival categories: carnival, royal entries, tournaments, calendrical and noncalendrical celebrations, autos de fe, and Corpus Christi processions. He probes the ritual meanings of these events, paying special attention to the use of colors and symbols, and to the power relations articulated through these festive displays. Ruiz argues that the fluid and at times subversive character of medieval festivals gave way to highly formalized and hierarchical events reflecting a broader shift in how power was articulated in late medieval and early modern Spain. Yet Ruiz contends that these festivals, while they sought to buttress authority and instruct different social orders about hierarchies of power, also served as sites of contestation, dialogue, and resistance. A King Travels sheds new light on Iberian festive traditions and their unique role in the centralizing state in early modern Castile.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Festivals in late medieval and early modern Spain: an introduction
The meaning of festivals : a typology
Royal entries, princely visits, triumphal celebrations in Spain, c. 1327-1640
The structure of the late medieval and early modern royal entry : change and continuity
A king goes traveling: Philip II in the Crown of Aragon, 1585-86 and 1592
Martial festivals and the chivalrous Imaginary
Kings and knights at play in late medieval and early modern Spain
From carnival to Corpus Christi
noncalendrical festivals : life cycles and power.
The meaning of festivals : a typology
Royal entries, princely visits, triumphal celebrations in Spain, c. 1327-1640
The structure of the late medieval and early modern royal entry : change and continuity
A king goes traveling: Philip II in the Crown of Aragon, 1585-86 and 1592
Martial festivals and the chivalrous Imaginary
Kings and knights at play in late medieval and early modern Spain
From carnival to Corpus Christi
noncalendrical festivals : life cycles and power.