Essays about: "Ricardo Fernández González"

Found 1 essay containing the words Ricardo Fernández González.

  1. 1. Survival, memory and identity : The roles of saint worship in Early Modern Castile

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Ricardo Fernández González; [2019]
    Keywords : Castile; saints; popular culture; popular religion; local religion;

    Abstract : This paper aims to explore the connections between the rural communities of Early Modern Castile and the saints they venerated through their festivities, relics and advocations and the roles that these relationships fulfilled in their societies. The Castilians of the sixteenth century seem to have used their interactions with saints not only for the purpose of the salvation of their souls, but rather, as ways to ensure the survival of their population, to cement social cohesion and identity, or to preserve the memory of their communities. READ MORE