Los porteros de Cadena. Límite y difusión del espacio palaciego

Abstract

Royal protocol reserved space for the chain porters, servants of the Household of Castile who, although they gave way to the palace hallway situated at the Royal Sites, were not empowered to authorise access to it. Despite this, doctrinally they were of great importance, given that the chain they handled was a landmark of reproduction of the palace space in a jurisdictional order, from which the functions of the palatium were extended and, in the opposite direction, the subjects gained access to the royal person. The courtly space, understood as a territorial reality expanded through the courtyard and the surrounding square beyond the palace walls, materialised the limit and the functionality borned in the physical seat of the king's permanence, a charismatic pole from which the meaning of an entire political and administrative system emanated, especially at the Royal Sites.

Keywords

• court space
• palatium
• Court
• royal protocol
• Houses of the Chains
• Royal Journeys