The image shows the poster for the Cañas Reales, which were organised at the Real Maestranza in Seville on 24 October 1738 to celebrate the marriage between the kings of the Two Sicilies: Charles of Bourbon, the future Charles III, and Maria Amalia Christina of Saxony. The bullfighting and bullfighting festivities were a mixture of military exercises and bullfighting on horseback, which served as an entertainment spectacle, but also to keep the nobles who formed part of the armies in shape. These festivities, as well as taking place in the Reales Maestranzas, were usually held in the main squares of the cities, the parade grounds of the castles or in palenques specially set up for the occasion, and were held all over the kingdom. On occasions, bullfights were quite bloody due to the number of people who were injured or lost their lives, which is why they were questioned and sometimes banned, as happened in the second half of the 16th century after the Pope banned bullfighting festivals. At the beginning of the 17th century bullfighting festivals reappeared again, and it was with Philip IV that they reached their splendour, being held to celebrate important events such as weddings and royal births, military victories or other great events. From the 19th century onwards, the celebration of these spectacles became less frequent.

Collection: Images

Project: 4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe., 5. Power and powers in the history of Europe: oligarchies, political participation and democracy.

Chronology: XVIII

Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University

Link: http://www.mcu.es/ccbae/es/consulta/registro.cmd?id=177829

Resource type: Image

Format: Engraved poster, 47 x 36 cm

Source: Catálogo Colectivo de la Red de Bibliotecas de los Archivos Estatales

Language: Spanish

Date: 1738

Owner: María del Mar Felices de la Fuente (Modernalia)

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Copyright: Archivo General de Simancas (AGS). Secretaría de Guerra, Legajos, 04263

Abstract: Festivities organised for the wedding of the kings of the Two Sicilies: Charles of Bourbon and Maria Amelia Cristina, with a bullfight at the Maestranza. Seville (1738).

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