The Political Funeral of Isabella the Catholic in Rome (1505): Liturgical Hybridity and Succession Tension in a Celebration <i>Misere a la Italiana et Ceremoniose a la Spagnola</i>
Based on the interest aroused by royal funerals at the end of the Middle Ages, this paper analyses the obsequies held in the Eternal City on the occasion of the death of Isabella the Catholic (1474–1504)—Queen of Castile and Aragon—in a context of international tension and succession unrest. The pap...
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| description | Based on the interest aroused by royal funerals at the end of the Middle Ages, this paper analyses the obsequies held in the Eternal City on the occasion of the death of Isabella the Catholic (1474–1504)—Queen of Castile and Aragon—in a context of international tension and succession unrest. The papal diaries, diplomatic documentation and Ludovico Bruno’s <i>sermo funebris</i> allow us to reconstruct the liturgical, scenographic and rhetorical display of a ceremony that seduced with its solemnity and elegance, the fruit of a hybridism that combined Spanish and Italian funerary traditions in the Rome of Julius II. The creativity of the Spanish community is thus evident in its ability to convert the Isabelline funeral ceremony into an expression of dynastic power in the context of Spanish–French competition and incipient tensions between the Habsburg and Fernandine courts over the Castilian succession. Only by starting from this intertwining of the political and the liturgical will we be able to understand the transformations undergone by the funeral ceremonial in its passage—still little explored—from late medieval customs to modern scenographies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-104196528972404d85d31e387efc29a42023-11-30T22:10:06ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442022-03-0113322810.3390/rel13030228The Political Funeral of Isabella the Catholic in Rome (1505): Liturgical Hybridity and Succession Tension in a Celebration <i>Misere a la Italiana et Ceremoniose a la Spagnola</i>Álvaro Fernández de Córdova0Department of Biblical Studies and Church History, Faculty of Theology, Edificio de Facultades Eclesiásticas, Universidad de Navarra, 31080 Pamplona, SpainBased on the interest aroused by royal funerals at the end of the Middle Ages, this paper analyses the obsequies held in the Eternal City on the occasion of the death of Isabella the Catholic (1474–1504)—Queen of Castile and Aragon—in a context of international tension and succession unrest. The papal diaries, diplomatic documentation and Ludovico Bruno’s <i>sermo funebris</i> allow us to reconstruct the liturgical, scenographic and rhetorical display of a ceremony that seduced with its solemnity and elegance, the fruit of a hybridism that combined Spanish and Italian funerary traditions in the Rome of Julius II. The creativity of the Spanish community is thus evident in its ability to convert the Isabelline funeral ceremony into an expression of dynastic power in the context of Spanish–French competition and incipient tensions between the Habsburg and Fernandine courts over the Castilian succession. Only by starting from this intertwining of the political and the liturgical will we be able to understand the transformations undergone by the funeral ceremonial in its passage—still little explored—from late medieval customs to modern scenographies.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/3/228royal funeralsRenaissancepropagandasuccession crisispapacyJulius II |
| spellingShingle | Álvaro Fernández de Córdova The Political Funeral of Isabella the Catholic in Rome (1505): Liturgical Hybridity and Succession Tension in a Celebration <i>Misere a la Italiana et Ceremoniose a la Spagnola</i> Religions royal funerals Renaissance propaganda succession crisis papacy Julius II |
| title | The Political Funeral of Isabella the Catholic in Rome (1505): Liturgical Hybridity and Succession Tension in a Celebration <i>Misere a la Italiana et Ceremoniose a la Spagnola</i> |
| title_full | The Political Funeral of Isabella the Catholic in Rome (1505): Liturgical Hybridity and Succession Tension in a Celebration <i>Misere a la Italiana et Ceremoniose a la Spagnola</i> |
| title_fullStr | The Political Funeral of Isabella the Catholic in Rome (1505): Liturgical Hybridity and Succession Tension in a Celebration <i>Misere a la Italiana et Ceremoniose a la Spagnola</i> |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Political Funeral of Isabella the Catholic in Rome (1505): Liturgical Hybridity and Succession Tension in a Celebration <i>Misere a la Italiana et Ceremoniose a la Spagnola</i> |
| title_short | The Political Funeral of Isabella the Catholic in Rome (1505): Liturgical Hybridity and Succession Tension in a Celebration <i>Misere a la Italiana et Ceremoniose a la Spagnola</i> |
| title_sort | political funeral of isabella the catholic in rome 1505 liturgical hybridity and succession tension in a celebration i misere a la italiana et ceremoniose a la spagnola i |
| topic | royal funerals Renaissance propaganda succession crisis papacy Julius II |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/3/228 |
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