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T1 Fiestas y celebraciones en las ciudades castellanas de la Baja Edad Media
A1 Asenjo González, María
A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid
K1 Edad Media
AB Festive celebrations were essential for medieval urban society, not only because of the celebratory and playful aspects involved, but also because they entailed significant social and religious experiences. The latter aspects were instrumental in improving the community's peaceful coexistence and cohesion. By the end of the Middle Ages festivals were taking place on special dates in the year that brought together relatives, neighbours, brotherhood members and town-dwellers in general depending on the specific features of each celebration. Whether they were small-scale or bigger events involving a large participation, these festivals often preserved such ties with the magical and sacred as had characterized ancient festive rites. In fact, it was on the basis of those religious meanings that the civic and political festivities -a different kind of event requiring the participation of the whole community- were superimposed. In this context, the Corpus Christi festivals certainly constituted the most universal celebration during the medieval period. However, by the late fifteenth century new moral and political values, including the concept of "nation" itself, had made an appearance in communal festivities like those held by Castilian merchants who were established outside the kingdom. It was at that time that the then current models for urban festivals were challenged, while artisans in some towns and cities stood up against their duty to pay for the expenses incurred as a result of Corpus Christi celebrations.
SN 1138-9621
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/11586
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/11586
LA spa
NO Edad Media: revista de historia, 2013, N.14, pags.35-61
DS UVaDOC
RD 02-may-2024