The Chancellor's Chains
The purpose of this article is to analyse poems in the Pero López de Ayala's Rimado de Palacio that refer to the Chancellor's imprisonment in Portugal, and include pleas for deliverance as well as vows in which the poet promises to visit Marian shrines to venerate the Virgin. In this part...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:148090 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/148090 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/medievalia.369 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Marian devotion Rimado de palacio Pero lópez de ayala Material culture Miracles Vows Votive offerings Pilgrimage Devoción mariana Cultura material Milagros Votos Exvotos Peregrinaje |
| Sumario: | The purpose of this article is to analyse poems in the Pero López de Ayala's Rimado de Palacio that refer to the Chancellor's imprisonment in Portugal, and include pleas for deliverance as well as vows in which the poet promises to visit Marian shrines to venerate the Virgin. In this part of the book, López de Ayala employs the image of chains, not only as a traditional symbol of imprisonment in a sinful world, but also in the context of the poet's real imprisonment and the intention to present this material object as a votive offering. Aspects of the Marian section of the Rimado de Palacio can therefore be compared to texts found in collections of miracles and sermons which recorded the Virgin's intervention in the deliverance of prisoners, the fulfilment of pilgrimage vows, and the presentation of ex-votos. The Chancellor on the one hand expresses his personal devotion, from an autobiographic perspective; and on the other he evokes the collective experience of past and present pilgrims at the shrines of Montserrat, Guadalupe and other holy places. At the same time, the poet associates his chains with those of St. Peter, and appeals for the unity of the papacy and the Church. |
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