Non-European Animals and the Construction of Royalty at the Renaissance Portuguese Court
Catarina Anselmo Santana Simões
This paper aims at analysing the use of non-European animals by the Portuguese royalty in the Renaissance as a symbolic display of majesty, in the construction of images of personal and dynastic power. We will start by analysing the presence of African and Asian animals in Portuguese royal residences. Secondly, the importance of these animals in ceremonial and politically relevant moments, such as royal entries, will be addressed. Finally, it is important to examine the political role played by exotic animals in diplomatic gift-giving practices. The famous embassy sent by Manuel I to the Pope Leo X in 1514, which included the Indian elephant Hanno, is the most ostentatious and significant episode, but other examples can be found in coeval sources. We intend to integrate this theme in a broader analysis on the allure of the exotic in Medieval and Renaissance Europe, and on the presence of African and Asian animals in the Portuguese court simultaneously as a sign of tradition and innovation.
Animals at Court
Mark Hengerer, Nadir Weber, Annette Cremer
Berlin, Boston
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110544794-004
Animals at court - Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Duration: 8 Dec 2016 → 10 Dec 2016
Non-European animals
Courtly ceremonies
Diplomatic gift-giving
Portuguese court
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Royalty Arts & Humanities 100%
Animals Arts & Humanities 54%
Royal Entry Arts & Humanities 28%
Pope Leo X Arts & Humanities 27%
Renaissance Europe Arts & Humanities 25%
Asia Arts & Humanities 25%
Gift Giving Arts & Humanities 22%
Allure Arts & Humanities 21%
Simões, C. A. S. (2019). Non-European Animals and the Construction of Royalty at the Renaissance Portuguese Court. In M. Hengerer, N. Weber, & A. Cremer (Eds.), Animals at Court (pp. 55-78). De Gruyter Oldenbourg. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110544794-004
Simões, Catarina Anselmo Santana. / Non-European Animals and the Construction of Royalty at the Renaissance Portuguese Court. Animals at Court. editor / Mark Hengerer ; Nadir Weber ; Annette Cremer. Berlin, Boston : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2019. pp. 55-78
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