Ritual, Spectacle, and Theatre in Late Medieval Seville
Performing Empire

Description
From the fall of Islamic Isbiliya in 1248 to the conquest of the New World, Seville was a nexus of economic and religious power where interconfessional living among Christians, Jews, and Muslims was negotiated on public stages. From out of seemingly irreconcilable ideologies of faith, hybrid performance culture emerged in spectacles of miraculous transformation, disciplinary processionals, and representations of religious identity.
Ritual, Spectacle, and Theatre in Late Medieval Seville reinvigorates the study of medieval Iberian theatre by revealing the ways in which public expressions of devotion, penance, and power fostered cultural reciprocity, rehearsed religious difference, and ultimately helped establish Seville as the imperial centre of Christian Spain.
About this Author
Christopher Swift ================= Christopher Swift is an Associate Professor of Theatre at the City University of New York, New York City College of Technology. He researches and teaches performance architecture, puppetry, and medieval theatre.
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