Symbols and rites in the social relationship and conflicts of the clergy of Burgos through the late Middle Ages

In this article different kinds of rituals and symbols are studied because they played an important role as instruments of communication of a certain kind of messages, in the social relationship and conflicts of the clergy of Burgos through the late Middle Ages. Some matters analyzed with special attention are the oaths, the rites of excommunication, the processions, the actions of remission and penance, the defence of honour and the common good, the pre-eminence order amongst the members of the cathedral clergy and the defence of the privilege of diocesan exemption from the metropolitan jurisdiction.