All the town is a stage: civic ceremonies and religious festivities in Spain during the golden age

Urban History ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Antonio Mateos Royo
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Golden Age ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Relative Contribution ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
The Town

During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Spain's cultural life reached its most glorious stage. This ‘Golden Age’ was distinguished by a great variety of civic ceremonies and religious festivities that were performed in towns and cities. Economic and cultural factors encouraged the development of urban space as a spectacular arena for these rituals. The town became a permanent stage on which the identity of social groups and institutions was displayed. This paper examines the characteristics and development of festivals during this period and also the relative contribution of ‘popular’ and ‘learned’ culture to these celebrations.

Leaving the Market, Taking the Square: Space and Mobility in the Revolts of Late Medieval Tournai

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 39-60
Author(s):  
Pablo Gonzalez Martin
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Late Medieval ◽  
Urban Places ◽  
The Town

Abstract This article studies the relation between the movement of people and objects and the use of urban places during revolts in late medieval Tournai. It posits that fixed locations were but one ingredient in the construction of medieval spaces of protest and contestation, and that most other essential elements, such as people, objects, and performances, were in fact mobile. As shown here through the case of Tournai, the mobile nature of these elements allowed rebels to transform urban space and its meanings as they moved across the town. The first part of the article looks at how rebels utilized mobility to disrupt and re-appropriate ordinary itineraries. The second part focuses on the “Becquerel revolts,” a series of uprisings that took place in a small, peripheral square. This is to show how urban guilds, by effectively managing to move people, objects, and performances to unexpected locations, not only took control of specific places, but also created their own spaces of contestation.

scholarly journals АКТУАЛІЗАЦІЯ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ ІДЕНТИЧНОСТІ В УМОВАХ КАРНАВАЛІЗАЦІЇ МІСЬКОГО ЖИТТЯ

2019 ◽  
pp. 29-32
Author(s):  
Міхно Н. К.
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Sociological Studies ◽  
Ukrainian Society

The main attention in this article is focused on the definition of the characteristic features of the processes of carnivalization of urban space in the conditions of modern Ukrainian society. The changes that occur in the space of everyday life against the background of General trends in social life – globalization, virtualization, changes in the specifics of communications, the spread of emotional capitalism. The main functional imperatives of carnival as a form of collective action are fixed. It is determined that in the conditions of carnivalization of urban life there is an actualization of national identity against the background of a number of events of socio-political, economic, national and cultural life of Ukrainian society. The data of sociological studies that record the growth of patriotism, civic responsibility and the level of national identity in recent years. Invited to pay attention to the instruments of incorporation of the symbols of the national community in the process of the ritual of the festive action.

scholarly journals “Guardianes de la tradición” Resistencias al cambio político y socio-cultural del tardofranquismo y la Transición en Andalucía oriental = “Guardians of tradition”. Resistances to the political and socio cultural change during the late Francoism and the transition to democracy in Eastern Andalusia

2020 ◽  
pp. 344
Author(s):  
Gloria Román Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Change ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Cultural Transformation ◽  
Transition To Democracy ◽  
The Political ◽  
San Jose ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Sixties ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Town

Resumen: El artículo se interroga por la naturaleza y la intensidad de las resistencias que algunos grupos sociales plantearon al proceso de transformación política y socio-cultural que comenzó a finales de los años sesenta y se extendió a lo largo de los setenta. Presta atención a aquellos sujetos que alzaron su voz en defensa de la tradición y en contra de la modernidad, así como a la incidencia que tuvieron sus acciones y comportamientos de oposición sobre el proceso de democratización. En primer lugar, el texto se detiene en las acciones de resistencia protagonizadas por feligreses conservadores que abrigaban actitudes políticas aquiescentes con la dictadura y acudían a escuchar misa a una parroquia regentada por un cura progresista. En segundo lugar, atiende a las resistencias expresadas por la comunidad parroquial de la iglesia de San José de Estepona (Málaga) ante el proyecto para la instauración de un complejo nudista en la localidad en 1978.Palabras clave: tardofranquismo, transición, democratización, resistencias al cambio, conservadurismo.Abstract: The article wonders about the nature and the intensity of the resistances set in motion by some social groups against the process of political and socio-cultural transformation that began at the end of the sixties and extended throughout the seventies. It pays attention to those subjects who raised their voice in defence of the tradition and against the modernity, as well as to the impact of their actions and opposition behaviours on the process of democratization. In the first place, the paper deals with the actions of resistance activated by the conservative parishioners who had acquiescent political attitudes towards the dictatorship and who attended to a parish ruled by a progressive priest. Secondly, it focuses on the resistances expressed by the parochial community of the San José church (Estepona, Málaga) caused by a nudist project in the town in 1978.Keywords: late Francoism, transition to democracy, democratization, resistances to change, conservatism.

scholarly journals El Quijote en la calle: historia de un espectáculo

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pilar Serrano Sánchez de Menchén
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
Don Quixote ◽  
Don Quijote ◽  
Ciudad Real ◽  
La Mancha ◽  
Live Music ◽  
Street Theatre ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Town ◽  
Unusual Type

Don Quijote en la Calle (Don Quixote on the street) is a popular show that takes place in Argamasilla de Alba (Ciudad Real). It is currently performed during the town’s Cervantine Days (April-June). At the moment, around 150 locals take part in this show, bringing the adventures of Don Quixote to life: horses, live music, dances from the Golden Age, fireworks, etc. In doing so, this unusual type of show achieves a unique staging. Heir to Estampas del Quijote (a street theatre that was formerly performed in the town), the Town Council of Argamasilla de Alba has applied to the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha for Don Quijote en la Calle to be declared worthy of ‘Regional Tourist Interest’.

Spanish Folklore in the Southwest: The Pioneer Studies of Aurelio M. Espinosa

1978 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-237
Author(s):  
J. Manuel Espinosa
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
Golden Age ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Spanish America ◽  
First Century ◽  
Old Spanish ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
History Of

The centuries-old Spanish folk heritage of our Southwest, and its many faceted and enduring influence on the cultural life of the region, has been written about from various rims of observation. This article describes the pioneer studies of Aurelio M. Espinosa on Spanish folklore in the Southwest, with special emphasis on northern New Mexico. Although he made important contributions to the study of Spanish folklore of southern Colorado, Arizona, and California, and to that of Spain, Mexico, and other parts of Spanish America as well, he devoted most of his research and field work to the upper half of New Mexico which is the richest field of Spanish folklore in the Southwest.In viewing the cultural history of New Mexico, Espinosa reminded his readers that its first century as a Spanish colony, the 17th, was the second great century of Spain's Golden Age of arts and letters. With the vigor of Spain's sense of mission in those centuries, her Golden Age radiated to all parts of Spanish America via Mexico City, Lima, and the other principal colonial capitals. At the same time, from the bookshelf and the store of knowledge of the humble missionary, and the folklore of the Spanish settlers, passed down from generation to generation, the spirit of the Golden Age was reflected on the most remote settled frontiers.

scholarly journals Coimbra e sua região no tempo de D. Sesnando

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 159-173
Author(s):  
Jorge de Alarcão
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Christian Family ◽  
The Town

In 1064, Ferdinand the Great conquered Coimbra from the Musulmans. The authority over the town was trusted to Sesnandus. Born in a Christian family of Coimbra or its area, the count had been educated in the Musulman court of Seville. In the time of Sesnandus, the Christian rule was not extended farther than the line of Penela and Soure, where castles were built. The relations seem to have been peaceful between Sesnandus and the emir of Badajoz, who controlled Lisbon and Santarém. An essay is made here to imagine the urban space of Coimbra and to map the villages that existed around the town.

Early Mississippian in the North Carolina Piedmont

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmond A. Boudreaux
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Multiple Scales ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Domestic Architecture ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
The North ◽  
Town Creek ◽  
North Carolina Piedmont ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
The Town

The topic of Mississippian origins in the North Carolina Piedmont has received very little attention from archaeologists since the 1950s. This chapter pulls together information from multiple sites, especially the extensively excavated Town Creek site, to present an overview of Early Mississippian in the North Carolina Piedmont. The presence of Mississippian lifeways in the region is indicated by the appearance of complicated-stamped ceramics by around A.D. 1150-1200. Associated social changes include the appearance of archaeologically visible households and the development of a civic-ceremonial center at the Town Creek site. Public and domestic architecture as well as evidence for ritual activities suggests that social groups interacted and were integrated at multiple scales within the Early Mississippian community at Town Creek.

scholarly journals Fiesta y ciudad en Talavera de la Reina en el Antiguo Régimen : aspectos de la instrumentalización del espacio urbano en las fiestas

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
César Pacheco Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Ancient Regime ◽  
Collective Phenomenon ◽  
The Town

La fiesta, como fenómeno colectivo en el que influyen diversos factores, se articula en el espacio urbano y lo instrumentaliza para adecuarlo a las necesidades del protocolo y del desarrollo propiamente festivo. En este artículo tratamos de plantear una aproximación a este asunto analizando el caso concreto de Talavera de la Reina, donde los eventos celebrativos fueron frecuentes durante el Antiguo Régimen, entrando en juego diferentes recursos. Centramos el estudio en sus festividades más emblemáticas que servirán de apoyo para la interpretación de la hipótesis de la apropiación, transformación y disfrute de la calle y su entorno, en los días de regocijo.The fiesta, as a collective phenomenon on which several factors have influence, is articulated throughout the urban space, which orchestrate it to make it adecúate to the needs of the formalities and the fiesta itself. In this article we try to get closer to tfiis matter analysing it in the town of Talavera de la Reina where the celebration of events were very frequent during the Ancient Regime. We will concéntrate here on the most important fiestas and Holy days which will support the hypothesis of appropiation, transformation and enjoyment of the streets and its surroundings during the days of joy.

The Politics of Land and Urban Space in Colonial Accra

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 293-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naaborko Sackeyfio
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Gold Coast ◽  
Central Feature ◽  
Land Claims ◽  
Variety Of Groups ◽  
Land Disputes ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
The Town

Abstract:This article connects the colonial land ordinances and laws of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century with the changing meanings of property, to show both their impact, and how these developments resonated for the Ga-inhabitants of Accra and the Gold Coast Colony. The laws and African responses to them illustrate the ways in which property took on new meaning for a variety of groups. It also presents the framework for understanding why litigation, and the production of land claims became a central feature of land affairs in Accra with the continued development of the town. This analysis contributes to the existing literature on property rights in colonial Gold Coast by carefully considering the intricacies and nuances of land disputes in the colonial capital, and their intersection with larger transformations in land affairs.

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