Alcalá de Henares in Celebration: the Chivalric Spectacles of 1548

  • Jesús F. Pascual Molina Universidad de Valladolid, Departamento de Historia del Arte
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/ANHA.57481
Keywords: Alcalá de Henares, Jousts, Tournaments, 1548, Philip II of Spain.

Abstract

Alcalá de Henares was, at the beginnig of 1548, the scenery of chivalric entertainments and pageantry in honor of prince Philip. Nothing was known about this festivities until today, when some documentation from the archives of Simancas can provide many interesting facts about these celebrations, and heps to put them in relation to others that took place in the youth of the heir Prince.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Article download

Crossmark

Metrics

How to Cite
Pascual Molina J. F. (2017). Alcalá de Henares in Celebration: the Chivalric Spectacles of 1548. Anales de Historia del Arte, 27, 45-55. https://doi.org/10.5209/ANHA.57481
Issue
Vol. 27 (2017)
Section
Articles

License

In order to support the global exchange of knowledge, the journal Anales de Historia del Arte is allowing unrestricted access to its content as from its publication in this electronic edition, and as such it is an open-access journal. The originals published in this journal are the property of the Complutense University of Madrid and any reproduction thereof in full or in part must cite the source. All content is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 use and distribution licence (CC BY 4.0). This circumstance must be expressly stated in these terms where necessary. You can view the summary and the complete legal text of the licence.