Ritualised Public Performance, Emotional Narratives and the Enactment of Power: The Public Baptism of a Muslim in Eighteenth-Century Barcelona

Francois Soyer

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Ritualised Public Performance, Emotional Narratives and the Enactment of Power: The Public Baptism of a Muslim in Eighteenth-Century Barcelona

Francois Soyer

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This work analyses the surviving account of one public baptism: that of a single Muslim captive in 1723, who was baptised in Barcelona amidst a sumptuous and elaborate public ceremony that included a procession, military parade, public baptism in the cathedral and was concluded with a truly spectacular celebratory bonfire. It highlights the crucial importance of analysing ritualised early modern ceremonies not in isolation, but rather within their broader political, social or religious contexts. Furthermore, through the unparalleled wealth of details about this public baptism, this work also explores the manner in which a ruler could usurp a highly ritualised religious ceremony to enact his power and convey an emotional message to his subjects via its semiotic density.¹

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Emotion, Ritual and Power in Europe, 1200-1920: Family, State and Church
Editors	Merridee L. Bailey, Katie Barclay
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Pages	103-121
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9783319441856, 9783319441849, 9783319830056
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44185-6_6
Publication status	Published - 26 Feb 2017

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Name	Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions
ISSN (Print)	2946-5958
ISSN (Electronic)	2946-5966

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Soyer, F. (2017). Ritualised Public Performance, Emotional Narratives and the Enactment of Power: The Public Baptism of a Muslim in Eighteenth-Century Barcelona. In M. L. Bailey, & K. Barclay (Eds.), Emotion, Ritual and Power in Europe, 1200-1920: Family, State and Church (1 ed., pp. 103-121). (Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44185-6_6

Soyer, Francois. / Ritualised Public Performance, Emotional Narratives and the Enactment of Power : The Public Baptism of a Muslim in Eighteenth-Century Barcelona. Emotion, Ritual and Power in Europe, 1200-1920: Family, State and Church. editor / Merridee L. Bailey ; Katie Barclay. 1. ed. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2017. pp. 103-121 (Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions).

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Soyer F. Ritualised Public Performance, Emotional Narratives and the Enactment of Power: The Public Baptism of a Muslim in Eighteenth-Century Barcelona. In Bailey ML, Barclay K, editors, Emotion, Ritual and Power in Europe, 1200-1920: Family, State and Church. 1 ed. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 2017. p. 103-121. (Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-44185-6_6

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