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- This paper analyses the changes made to the Corpus Christi procession by the Porto city council, as one of the authorities coordinating the feast. An examination of the council’s minutes reveals a debate between different interest groups about the procession’s reformation during the eighteenth century, during which time the dances and performances were replaced by awnings. The procession was considered holiness in motion on the streets of Porto, which carried different meanings. This reformation of sacred space, the recorded memory of the space, and the religion’s materiality are brought to light in a context of Catholicism. This study also explores the cultural models for the reformation.
- O artigo analisa mudanças realizadas na procissão de Corpus Christi pela câmara municipal do Porto, uma das instituições que regulamentavam a festa. Ao examinar as atas da câmara, aparece um debate entre diversos grupos sobre a reforma da procissão durante o século XVIII, que consistia em substituir as danças e performances por arcos. A procissão era um sagrado em movimento nas ruas da cidade, com diferentes significados. Através da reforma aludida o espaço sagrado, as memórias sobre o espaço e a materialidade da religião são destacadas em contexto católico. Esse estudo também investiga os modelos culturais, que informam a reforma.
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Catão Cruz Santos, Beatriz,
"From Dances to Awnings and Arches: The Corpus Christi Procession of Porto in the 18th Century"
(2022).
e-Journal of Portuguese History.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/51vc-6891
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e-Journal of Portuguese History
...The e-Journal of Portuguese History (e-JPH) (ISSN: 1645-6432) is an international peer-reviewed scholarly journal with the objective of providing publication of work on historical subjects, especially those concerning themes and topics of Portuguese history analyzed in a comparative perspective. It …