Universität zu Köln

Martínez González, Antonio (2015). Religión y sociedad en la Granada cristiana: la Cruz de Mayo. In: La voz del pueblo en el espacio cultural europeo: El pueblo y su identidad, pp. 34-46. Universität zu Köln, Arbeitskreis Spanien - Portugal - Lateinamerika.

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Abstract

The celebration of the Cruz of May – based on a fact for which tradition and the Legendi di Sancti Vulgari Storiado (Jacopo da Varazze, circa 1264) were possibly more relevant than history itself and extended by the ecclesiastical authority as a means of increasing faith – was accepted by people and was transformed into a social feast and an expression for local or social identity, which lead to peculiar rivalries amongst neighborhoods or streets. They had the aim to hold the best Cruz, leaving aside the feasts initial religious character. If the cross was, until the death of Christ, an instrument of martyrdom holding negative connotations (death, infamy, barbarism, etc.), it eventually transformed into a symbol of Christianity, a sign of triumph and everything related to Christ, and subsequently into a source of celebration and social festivity.

Item Type:	Book Section
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Martínez González, Antonio UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Wentzlaff-Eggebert, Christian mail-aspla(at)uni-koeln.de UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Traine, Martín mail-aspla(at)uni-koeln.de UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Corporate Creators:	Arbeitskreis Spanien - Portugal - Lateinamerika
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-67944
Title of Book:	La voz del pueblo en el espacio cultural europeo: El pueblo y su identidad
Series Name at the University of Cologne:	Kölner Beiträge zur Lateinamerika-Forschung
Volume:	14
Page Range:	pp. 34-46
Date:	2015
Publisher:	Universität zu Köln, Arbeitskreis Spanien - Portugal - Lateinamerika
ISSN:	1438-6887
Language:	Spanish
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Zentrale Forschungseinrichtungen > Zentrum für Lateinamerika
Subjects:	Christian theology Other languages Geography and history
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Cristianismo español, fiestas religiosas populares, Edad Media Spanish Spanish Christianity, religious popular festivities, Middle Ages English
Related URLs:	Organisation
Refereed:	No
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/6794