Order of the Dove
Congress of Deputies of Madrid
, showing the necklace of the Order, which contains a pigeon.The Order of the Dove (
Juan I of Castile in 1379 to defend the Catholic faith and the Kingdom of Castile
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History
It had been doubted in the past which king of the Kingdom of Castile had created the order (another option being
pigeon[1]
(the order's namesake).
In fact, those large feasts consisting on eating pigeon meat and the name of the order itself were actually the cause for its downfall.
Only honorable men could become knights of a military order, but the fact is that pigeon, even though popularly eaten, did not have a distinctive reputation, as the pigeon was attached to promiscuity.[2]
The insignia of the order was a chain necklace with an open wing pigeon.
References
- JSTOR 10.1525/gfc.2005.5.2.50.
- ISBN 9781444305142.
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