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1473. PRINCESS ELIZABETH’S SWEARING. The Council of A randa. and. Festivity atmosphere on the streets. Spontaneous performances. medieval character. Play performances on the street Princess’ Elizabeth’ Swearing. On october , 6th, 1473, months before being crowned,
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1473 PRINCESS ELIZABETH’S SWEARING The Council of Aranda and
Play performances on the street Princess’ Elizabeth’ Swearing On october, 6th, 1473, months before being crowned, Princess Elizabeth comes to Aranda and a crowd, led by Carrillo Bishop, receives her and promises her loyalty. The Princess swears the privileges, freedoms and exemptions that Aranda held form time immemorial and the town supports her against Juana’s «la Beltraneja» succession ambitions. Two months later, the council will take place. We come close to the history of Aranda with these two historical facts which were represented as follows in 2011
Santa María la Real Church (XV-XVI), with a elizabethangothicstylefacadebuiltby Simón de Colonia
San Juan Bautista Church (s XIV-XV), todaySacredMuseum . Ontheleft, la Casa de las Bolas.
Aranda’scouncil Aranda’scouncil, summonedbytheArchbishop of Toledo Alonso Carrillo de Acuña, washeld in San Juan Bautista ChurchonDecember 1473. Itwas a trascendental politicaleventwithimportantecclesiasticalreform in a period of upheaval and transitfrom Medieval Agetomodernity. There, sidesweretakenfor Elizabeth against Juana ‘‘ la Beltraneja’’. In theselastyears, Aranda’s City Hall and the Castilla y León LanguageInstitutehavebeen in charge of spreadingthishistoricaleventwiththeater performances wheremany local actors and actressestakepart.