In (Political) Love. Building Social Order and Consensus through Emotional Politics in Fifteenth-Century urban Castile: The Case of the City of Cuenca
This article examines the role played by emotional references in the processes of political communication between the urban world and the nobility in fifteenth century Castile. Chronologically, the study isframed by the succession of civil wars that shook the kingdom from the beginning of the centur...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha |
| Repository: | RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/41571 |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1080/03044181.2023.2229327 https://hdl.handle.net/10578/41571 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Castile Conflict resolution Cuenca Nobility Political communication Political emotions |
| Summary: | This article examines the role played by emotional references in the processes of political communication between the urban world and the nobility in fifteenth century Castile. Chronologically, the study isframed by the succession of civil wars that shook the kingdom from the beginning of the century to Isabella Is final victory in 1479 80, a context that greatly contributed to bringing emotional expressionto the fore. The focus is the relationship between the city of Cuenca and the high and middling aristocracy that operated in its hinterland. In contrast with other Castilian cities, the archival record in Cuenca is rich, allowing detailed examination of the emotional references and the way they were manipulated by city and nobility. The article emphasises the importance of the political dimension of emotions, and their role in integrating and giving cohesion to political relations, while modulating and mitigating conflict between nobility and city. |
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