The forms of representation of power in the late medieval Iberian Peninsula: ceremonies, oaths and currencies.
PROJECT COMPLETED (2016-2018)
The subproject 'The forms of representation of power in the late medieval Iberian Peninsula: ceremonies, oaths and currencies' analyzed the functioning of power, its representation and diffusion in medieval Spain. One of its main purposes was to better understand the difficulties we face today in the current political landscape, based on the experience of medieval societies.
Nothing is more tangible than the effects of power, but nothing less tangible than power itself. For this reason, going from the effects to that which produces them, this project proposed to make a research on some forms of power representation, such as coronation ceremonies, oaths and currencies, in medieval Spain, making a comparative approach with other kingdoms of Western Europe such as France and England.
This research on the idea of power and its representations has obvious practical projections, since the ideas resulting from this project can be applied to the political internship - with the future assistance of sociologists and political scientists and the use they can make of the data, ideas and interpretations arising from this project. The knowledge of political symbols and the understanding of their meanings can increase the symbolic intelligence of citizens, which can complement (rather than eliminate) the rationalism typical of our era.
Funded by the Ministry of Economics and Competitiveness (Ref. HAR2014-58542-P), it has been carried out between 2016 and 2018 at position by researchers Jaume Aurell and Montserrat Herrero.
Team
- Álvaro Fernández de Córdova (University of Navarra)
- María Narbona (University of Zaragoza)
- Teófilo Ruiz (UCLA)
- Martin Aurell (Université de Poitiers)