medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Henk wrote:
> 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.
The Obsequy for Joanna the Mad in London in June 1555 would have been pretty Burgundian in its magnificence (it cost over £1000!) The Calendar doesn't actually say that all that cloth was black (and my photocopy has faded!), although there are enough references to black to make it probable. I picked up the idea that the cloth was black from somewhere, probably the full Wardrobe Accounts at PRO E101/427/14.
John Briggs
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