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Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1528-1603): Dynastic Networker book cover

1st Edition

Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1528-1603) Dynastic Networker

By Rubén González Cuerva Copyright 2022
322 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

322 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

322 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Maria of Austria was one of the longest surviving Renaissance Empresses but until now has received little attention by biographers. This book explores her life, actions, and management of domestic affairs, which became a feared example of how an Empress could control alternative spheres of power. The volume traces the path of a Castilian orphan infanta , raised among her mother’s Portuguese... Read more

1. Infanta Maria: A Discreet Childhood (1528-1539)  2. The Orphan Learning at Court (1539-1548)  3. The Exercise of Authority: Marriage and the Iberian Regency (1548-1551)  4. The Queen of Bohemia Fighting for her Own Space (1552-1564)  5. Empress Consort, Discreet Mediator (1564-1576)  6. The Uncertain Role of the Dowager Empress (1576-1581)  7. Establishing an Imperial Household in Madrid (1581-1587)  8. The Empress without an Empire and the Dynastic Turn (1587-1598)  9. New Opportunities? The Reign of Philip III (1598-1603)  10. Conclusions

Biography

Rubén González Cuerva is Permanent Scientist at the CSIC, Madrid. He has published on the diplomacy and courts of the Habsburgs, including Baltasar de Zúñiga, una encrucijada de la Monarquía hispana (2012) and (with Alexander Koller) A Europe of Courts, a Europe of Factions (2017).

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