Communicating political order in the middle ages
Political order represents much more than the basic structure of domination operating within a given political entity. It is built upon the interaction of the various political bodies that comprise it, in accordance with what political-constitutional practice establishes in each case, and it is grounded in the co1nmw1ication that necessarily accompanies it. As demonstrated by the studies included in this volume, communication encompasses an extensive array of functions, procedures, agents, channels and instruments, as well as purposes or aims. Communicating the political order, therefore, entails much more than merely declaring and imposing a particular model of order. Toe contributions included in this volume are the res ult of the research project Más allá de la palabra. Comunicación y discurso políticos en la Castilla Trastámara (1367-1504) / Beyond the Word. Political Communication and Discourse in Trastámara Castile ( 1367- 1504). PID2021-125571NB-IO0, funded by MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033 and PEDER, UE.
Introduction. Communicating Political Order in the Middle Ages / José Antonio Jara Fuente
PART I. COMMUNICATION AND THE PROCESSES OF POLITICAL ORGANIZATION
Performing Unity and Concord. Political Communication in the City of Cuenca in the 15th Century / José Antonio Jara Fuente
Rebellious Sign Systems in the Medieval Textile Town of Ypres / Jan Dumolyn
Collective Action, Rural Policies and Political Communication. Of the Villages and the Tierra (Salamanca, Ciudad Rodrigo, Ávila and other nearby Councils, 13th-15th Centuries) / José María Monsalvo Antón
Preserving, Selecting and Organising the Political Communication. Testimonies of Castelo de Vide, a small Portuguese town (fifteenth and sixteenth centuries) / Adelaide Millán da Costa
“Por lo que toca al rey y a mi pueblo tengo que morir” [For the sake of the king and my people, I must die]: A Reading from the Citizen’s Perspective of the Principles of Legitimation of the Urban Political System / Hipólito Rafael Oliva Herrer
Royal Words, Majestic Gestures: The Evreux’s Dealings with their Urban Elites in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries / Eloísa Ramírez Vaquero
Reform, Feuds, Insults and Debates: Communicating Political Order in the Holy Roman Empire (15th Century – 1525) / Gisela Naegle
PART II. SPECIALIZED AGENTS OF POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
Political Communication in Urban Government. Public Announcements and the Rhetoric of Power in Late Medieval Castile / Óscar López Gómez
The Intermediate Actors of Political Communication: Messengers from the Cities of the Kingdom of Seville during the Reign of the Catholic Monarchs / Enrique José Ruiz Pilares
Mediators between Powers: Agents of Communication in Seigneurial Towns (Castile, c.1375-c.1460) / Víctor Muñoz Gómez
From the Town to the World. The Political Communication Network of Loulé at the end of the Middle Ages: Agents, Missions and Journeys / Gonçalo Melo da Silva
Authors’ short biographies
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Jara Fuente, José Antonio, coord. Communicating political order in the middle ages. Discourse, Agency, and the Exercise of Power. Madrid: Dykinson, 2026.
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Jara Fuente, José Antonio (Coord.) (2026). Communicating political order in the middle ages. Discourse, Agency, and the Exercise of Power. Dykinson.
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