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Mazarrón, along with Yecla, will be in the Region of Murcia one of the venues of the International Congress "The century of the Immaculate (1550-1650) .The Iberian worlds in their golden age."
The congress, organized by the University of Murcia, Columnar Network and City Council, will be held at the Cultural Center of Mazarrón from November 13 to 15, divided into 5 sessions under the titles: "Iberian Catholicism", "Local mediators", " The Sea and the Monarchy "," The representations of the divine and the human "," The spaces and the people: a world in circulation ".
In addition, there will be a round table to study the current influxes of the Immaculate Century.
It is also an international event with activities in 2017 and 2018 in Mexico, Paris and Rome, in places classified by scholars as "immaculate".
The congress has been presented at the Sanctuary of the Purísima Concepción de Mazarrón by the Councilor for Historical Heritage, Pedro Martínez and the Professor of History of Thought at the University of Murcia, José Javier Ruiz.
The latter has highlighted "that with this congress Mazarrón will be one of the scientific world capitals on the study of the history of the Spanish Monarchy during 2017 and 2018".
The Councilor for Historical Heritage, Pedro Martinez, has influenced "the relevance of an appointment that will project the name of Mazarrón on such important dates as those of the celebration of the Fiestas del Milagro that coincide in the calendar with this congress".
Four hundred years ago, beginning in 1617, the Hispanic Monarchy had to be redefined.
He did so by adopting a determined policy of affirming his particular relationship with the Immaculate Conception.
From the Crown to the nobles, from the Cortes de Castilla to the town halls and the universities, they all swore to defend that mystery that soon became law in Europe, America and Asia.
But what kind of monarchy was it that needed to have to make explicit its adherence to a cult that had not yet been accepted by the whole of Catholic Christendom?
Defining it, understanding it, studying it in its various facets will be the task of this international congress that is organized within the framework of the activities of the 2017-2018 Biennium The Monarchy and the Immaculate, which take place between Mexico, Spain, Italy and France.
This congress maintains the essence of organized in 2012 under the title Felipe II and Almazarrón (1572).
The local construction of a global empire, as well as the Permanent International Seminar on Studies on the borders of the Iberian and Mediterranean Worlds, which will be the sixth edition.
Open to communications, these should influence the topics proposed in the five plenary sessions that structure them, being able to deal with these problems applied to the territories of the Hispanic Monarchy and its neighborhoods in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
In this framework, an event is defined that is also organized by the University of Rome TRE and the Museum of Mazarron Factoria Romana de Salazones and that has a broad collaboration of administrative bodies and university entities.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón
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