{"id":63696,"date":"2026-06-21T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/char.hypotheses.org\/?p=63696"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:40:11","slug":"parution-tess-knighton-eduardo-carrero-santamaria-francesch-orts-ruiz-dir-sound-and-space-in-early-modern-valencia-c-1400-c-1700-turnout-brepols-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/char.hypotheses.org\/63696","title":{"rendered":"Parution : Tess Knighton, Eduardo Carrero Santamar\u00eda, Francesch Orts Ruiz (dir.), &#8220;Sound and Space in Early Modern Valencia c. 1400\u2013c. 1700&#8221;, Turnhout, Brepols, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">By the later Middle Ages Valencia had become a major urban centre close to the Mediterranean and surrounded by fertile plains. From Jaume I\u2019s conquest of the city in 1238, ecclesiastical and civic institutions were founded in rapid succession and built elegant churches and palaces to reflect their permanence and prestige. From at least the time of Francesc Eiximenis (d. 1409), the city\u2019s authorities became increasingly aware of the importance of opening new public spaces within the web of narrow streets characteristic of Muslim conurbations in the interest of developing the representation of a Christian civic religion. These spaces, notably those in front of the royal palace, cathedral and Dominican and Franciscan monasteries, quickly established themselves as focal points for urban ritual, especially for the processional activity that marked the liturgical calendar and the devotional practices of confraternities and guilds. Sounds of all kinds shaped and were shaped by the urban complex and were generated by both the festive and non-festive events that, whether recurrent or exceptional, held deep significance for the inhabitants of the city. This interdisciplinary collection of fifteen essays explores the relationship between the sounds and spaces of late medieval and early modern Valencia to gain greater insight into how the city\u2019s inhabitants interpreted the soundspace in which they moved and which influenced their daily lives, creating a sense of community \u2013 albeit one full of rivalry and conflict \u2013 and resulting in a coherent Valencian identity.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A finales de la Edad Media, Valencia se hab\u00eda convertido en un importante centro urbano, abierto al Mediterr\u00e1neo y rodeado de una f\u00e9rtil huerta. A la conquista de la ciudad por Jaume I en 1238 sigui\u00f3 la r\u00e1pida fundaci\u00f3n de instituciones eclesi\u00e1sticas y c\u00edvicas y la construcci\u00f3n de elegantes templos y palacios que reflejaban su presencia y prestigio. Desde la \u00e9poca de Francesc Eiximenis (m. 1409), las autoridades de la ciudad fueron tomando cada vez m\u00e1s consciencia de la importancia de abrir nuevos espacios p\u00fablicos dentro de la red de calles estrechas caracter\u00edstica del urbanismo musulm\u00e1n, con el fin de desarrollar la representaci\u00f3n de una religiosidad c\u00edvica cristiana. Estos espacios, en particular los situados frente al palacio real, la catedral y los monasterios dominico y franciscano, se convirtieron r\u00e1pidamente en puntos focales para los rituales urbanos, especialmente para las procesiones que marcaban el calendario lit\u00fargico y las pr\u00e1cticas devocionales de cofrad\u00edas y gremios.\u00a0Sonidos de todo tipo, generados tanto por eventos festivos como no-festivos, recurrentes o excepcionales, ten\u00edan un profundo significado para los habitantes de la ciudad y fueron moldeados a la vez que contribuyeron a configurar el espacio urbano. Esta colecci\u00f3n interdisciplinar de quince ensayos explora la relaci\u00f3n entre los sonidos y los espacios en la Valencia tardomedieval y moderna para comprender mejor c\u00f3mo los habitantes de la ciudad interpretaban el espacio sonoro en el que se mov\u00edan y que influ\u00eda en su vida cotidiana, creando un sentido de comunidad \u2014aunque lleno de rivalidades y conflictos\u2014 y dando lugar a una identidad valenciana coherente.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/p>\n<div class=\"readmore-custom expand\" data-readmore-min-height=\"440\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Introduction<br \/>\nTess Knighton<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>The City<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Un paisaje en transformaci\u00f3n: Valencia en el siglo XV (1391\u20131521)<br \/>\nAmadeo Serra Desfilis<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Imagen, m\u00fasica y espacio en la Valencia medieval<br \/>\nArturo Zaragoz\u00e1 Catal\u00e1n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Valencia \u00c1urea. Paisajes urbanos y espacios sonoros en la ciudad en los siglos XVI y XVII<br \/>\nV\u00edctor M\u00ednguez<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Orden en desorden: Procesiones tumultarias en la Valencia barroca<br \/>\nEmilio Callado Estela<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Teatralidad tradicional y m\u00fasica en la fiesta de Corpus Christi valenciana c. 1700<br \/>\nFrancesc Villanueva Serrano<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Pr\u00e1cticas devocionales y ambiente sonoro en torno a los oficios de la ciudad de Valencia: La corporaci\u00f3n de carpinteros en el siglo XVII<br \/>\nMar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Iglesias Past\u00e9n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>The Cathedral<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Rising from the Ashes: The Main Chapel of Valencia Cathedral Between the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries<br \/>\nEduardo Carrero Santamar\u00eda<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Dignity, Movement and Music: The Choir of Valencia Cathedral in the Mid-Seventeenth Century<br \/>\nSergi Zauner<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Processions and Urban Space in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries according to the Consueta of Valencia Cathedral<br \/>\nSergi Gonz\u00e1lez Gonz\u00e1lez<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A Devotional Network. Minor Litany Processions in Valencia as an Example of Visual and Sonic Transformation of the Urban Landscape from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries<br \/>\nFrancesc Orts<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Civic Religion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Paisajes Sonoros en conflicto: las Fiestas por las Canonizaciones de San Francisco de Borja y San Luis Bertr\u00e1n en Valencia (1671)<br \/>\nFerr\u00e1n Escriv\u00e0-Llorca<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Relationship between Space, Sound and Liturgy in the Dominican Church in Early Modern Valencia<br \/>\nChiara Mazzoletti<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Processions for the Theft of the Globe from the Convent de Predicadors: Urban Ceremonial and Eucharistic Devotion (Valencia, 1698)<br \/>\nMireya Royo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Duelo y conflicto en las procesiones del Real Convento de Predicadores de Valencia (1647\u20131662)<br \/>\nAndrea Bombi<\/p>\n<p>Bibliography<br \/>\nIndex<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brepols.net\/products\/IS-9782503624297-1\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the later Middle Ages Valencia had become a major urban centre close to the Mediterranean and surrounded by fertile plains. From Jaume I\u2019s conquest of the city in 1238, ecclesiastical and civic institutions were founded in rapid succession and built elegant churches and palaces to reflect their permanence and prestige. 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