The dance of swords in the book of Libro del conorte of Juana de la Cruz

Authors

  • Francesc Massip Bonet Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona
  • Rebeca Sanmartín Bastida Universidad Complutense de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37536/RPM.2017.31.0.58478

Keywords:

Swords Dance, Juana de la Cruz, Visionary Women, 15th-16th Centuries

Abstract

In this article we analyze the presence of a Swords Dance in a visionary sermon by the Franciscan tertiary Juana de la Cruz (1481-1534). After explaining the theatricality of feminine mystical trances in the Late Middle Ages, we study the Swords Dance that appears in her Libro del conorte, performed by Christ and a chorus of angels and saints in Paradise: this dance is compared with other folkloric dances in the Iberian Peninsula and beyond.

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Francesc Massip Bonet, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona

Catedràtic d'Història del Teatre del Departament de Filologia Catalana, URV

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Published

2018-12-14

How to Cite

Massip Bonet, F. and Sanmartín Bastida, R. (2018) “The dance of swords in the book of Libro del conorte of Juana de la Cruz”, Revista de poética medieval, 31, pp. 15–38. doi: 10.37536/RPM.2017.31.0.58478.

Issue

Vol. 31 (2017): Danza, escritura y performatividad en la Edad Media

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Monographic papers

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