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Early Modern Dynastic Marriages and Cultural Transfer book cover

1st Edition

Early Modern Dynastic Marriages and Cultural Transfer

Edited By Joan-Lluis Palos, Magdalena S. Sanchez Copyright 2016
292 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge
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Toward the end of the fifteenth century, the Habsburg family began to rely on dynastic marriage to unite an array of territories, eventually creating an empire as had not been seen in Europe since the Romans. Other European rulers followed the Habsburgs' lead in forging ties through dynastic marriages. Because of these marriages, many more aristocrats (especially women) left their homelands to... Read more

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction:

Bargaining Chips: Strategic Marriages and Cultural Circulation in Early Modern Europe

Joan-Lluís Palos

PART I: PRINCESSES ACROSS BORDERS

1 Catalina Micaela (1567–97), Duchess of Savoy

"She Grows Careless": The Infanta Catalina and Spanish Etiquette at the Court of Savoy

Magdalena S. Sánchez

2 María Teresa (1638–83), Queen of France

The Queen of France and the Capital of Cultural Heritage

Mark de Vitis

3 Elisabetta Farnese (1692–1766), Queen of Spain

A Queen between Three Worlds: Italy, Spain, and France

María de los Ángeles Pérez Samper

PART II: MALE CONSORTS

4 Philip the Handsome (1478–1506), Duke of Burgundy and King of Castile

Voyages from Burgundy to Castile: Cultural Conflict and Dynastic Transitions, 1502–06

Bethany Aram

5 Philip II (1527–98), King of Spain and England

"Great Faith is Necessary to Drink from this Chalice": Philip II in the Court of Mary Tudor, 1554–58

Anna Santamaría López

6 João Soares de Alarcão (d. 1546) and His Family

The Marriage of João de Alarcão and Margarida Soares and the Creation of a Transnational Portuguese-Spanish Nobility

Mafalda Soares da Cunha

PART III: Women’s Contribution to a Cosmopolitan Nobility

7 Eleonora Álvarez de Toledo (1522–62)

"A Spanish Barbarian and an Enemy of Her Husband’s Homeland": The Duchess of Florence and Her Spanish Entourage

Joan-Lluís Palos

8 Maria Mancini (1639–1715)

Paintings, Fans, and Scented Gloves: A Witness to Cultural Exchanges at the Courts in Paris, Rome, and Madrid

Leticia de Frutos

9 Johanna Theresia Lamberg (1639–1716)

The Countess of Harrach and the Cultivation of the Body between Madrid and Vienna

Laura Oliván Santaliestra

Epilogue:

Aristocratic Women across Borders, Cultural Transfers, and Something More. Why Should We Care?

Bartolomé Yun Casalilla

Index

Biography

Joan-Lluís Palos is Professor of Early Modern European History at the University of Barcelona, Spain. Magdalena S. Sánchez is Professor of History at Gettysburg College, USA.

"This volume is an invaluable resource for both early career and established scholares interested in innovative cross-disciplinary sans frontières research not always encountered in English language publications."
-Zita Eva Rohr, Macquarie University, Australia
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