The image of the power of the Galician "hidalgos" in the Modern Age
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20-04-2012
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No 20 (2011): Poder, imagen, opinión pública y propaganda en la Edad Moderna, Articles
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Published: 20-04-2012
Abstract
Public display of the local elites’ power was a decisive factor to perpetuate thesocial status of the nobility in the Spanish Monarchy mandated territories during the EarlyModern Age. The hidalgos of Galicia were a local elite with a great economic, social and political power. So, they made use of the public display of power too, although their differentwealth levels. This public display of power had a symbolic content that consisted of identitysigns and habits with propaganda purpose. It might be recognized by the society in differentcontexts and it allowed a powerful minority to be identified.
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symbolic content, propaganda, Galicia, hidalgos/hidalguía, perpetuation, power, social status
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