A King Travels : : Festive Traditions in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain /

A King Travels : : Festive Traditions in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain / / Teofilo F. Ruiz.

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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,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Ruiz, Teofilo F.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Edition:Core Textbook
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (376 p.) :; 4 halftones. 2 maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • CHAPTER I. Festivals in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain: An Introduction
  • CHAPTER II. The Meaning of Festivals: A Typology
  • CHAPTER III. Royal Entries, Princely Visits, Triumphal Celebrations in Spain, c. 1327-1640
  • CHAPTER IV. The Structure of the Late Medieval and Early Modern Royal Entry: Change and Continuity
  • CHAPTER V. A King Goes Traveling: Philip II in the Crown of Aragon, 1585-86 and 1592
  • CHAPTER VI. Martial Festivals and the Chivalrous Imaginary
  • CHAPTER VII. Kings and Knights at Play in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain
  • CHAPTER VIII. From Carnival to Corpus Christi
  • CHAPTER IX. Noncalendrical Festivals: Life Cycles and Power
  • Conclusion
  • APPENDIX. The Feasts of May 1428 at Valladolid
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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