The Symbolic Meaning of Sword and Palio in Late Medieval and Early Modern Ritual Entries

The Case of Seville

Bibliographic Data

ID12488133
AuthorsTeofilo F Ruiz (UCLA Health, corresponding author)
Year1970
Volume12
Pages13-48
Publication date1970-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMemoria y Civilización (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1139-0107 • E-ISSN: 2254-6367
PublisherUniversidad de Navarra (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.15581/001.12.33706
OpenAlexW149481602
LanguageEN
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This article explores the symbolic meanings of sword and canopy as these two objects were deployed in ritual royal entries in late medieval and early modern Castile. After a brief exploration of the diverse meanings of these two symbols, their role in ritual entries, and the nature of these symbols in the ritual contexts in which they were deployed, I examine, in some comparative detail, the nature of royal entries into Seville from Ferdinand III’s iconic proto-entry in 1248 and Alfonso XI’s paradigmatic entry into the city on the Guadalquivir in 1327 to other royal and princely entries, concluding with Philip II’s ritual royal entry in 1570. In reading and analyzing these entries, I seek to emphasize, beyond the brief mention of other symbolic elements, the unique role played by sword and baldachin (palio) in the ideological imaginary of the Castilian monarchy

Ancient history · Art · Epistemology · Ideology · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential · Middle Ages · Monarchy · Political science · Politics · Reading (process · SWORD · The Imaginary · The Symbolic · Classics · Computer Science · Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia · Historical Studies on Spain · History · Law · Medieval and Early Modern Iberia · Philosophy · Psychology

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