medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John wrote:
>Yes, sorry, I got the generations confused. But by the sixteenth century the Burgundian ceremonies would have been well known throughout Europe.
Of course. But nowhere was the Burgundian etiquette followed as strictly as in Brussels and Madrid. The mourning rules were especially important at the latter court during the Religious Wars of the 16th c, when every family had deaths to remember. Hence the characteristic preponderance of black in late 16th c Spanish court dress. It is said that during the 80 years war of the Dutch Republic against Spain (1568-1648) one sign of resistance to ever lessening Spanish influence was the wearing of colourful clothing, but I'm afraid there is not much contemporary written proof for that.
Henk
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