The Spanish Match

Prince Charles's Journey to Madrid, 1623
Herausgeber: Samson, Alexander

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In 1623, Prince Charles, the young heir to the English and Scottish thrones, slipped out of England and headed off to Madrid hoping to marry the King of Spain's daughter. That his journey to Madrid was to eventually end in failure and public humiliation, has often been cited as a major influence on the development of the young prince and many of his subsequent policies as king. In this volume leading scholars from a variety of disciplines analyze the reactions and results of Charles's romantic escapade and offer their insights in to the affair. In so doing many traditional assumptions about the trip are overturned, and the inadequacy of assessing it from a single discipline is revealed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780754640875
• ISBN-10: 0754640876
• Artikelnr.: 47355155

Autorenporträt

Alexander Samson is Lecturer in Golden Age Literature in the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies at University College London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction: The Spanish match, Alexander Samson; Buying the
Renaissance: Prince Charles's art purchases in Madrid, 1623, Jerry Brotton;
Dress to impress: Prince Charles plays Madrid, March-September 1623, Lesley
Ellis Miller; Entertainments in Madrid for the Prince of Wales: political
functions of festivities, David Sánchez Cano; The greatest news story
since the Resurrection? Andrés de Almansa y Mendoza's coverage of Prince
Charles' Spanish trip, Henry Ettinghausen; 1623 and the politics of
translation, Alexander Samson; The Spanish literary response to the visit
of Charles, Prince of Wales, Jeremy Robbins; A fairy-tale marriage: Charles
and Henrietta Maria's romance, Karen Britland; A French view of the
marriage: Abraham Rémy's La Galatée ou les adventures du prince Astiagès,
Marie-Claude Canova-Green; 'I am another woman': the Spanish and French
matches in Massinger's The Renegado (1624) and The Unnatural Combat
(1624-5), Claire Jowitt; The Black Knight's festival book? Thomas
Middelton's A Game at Chess, Trudi Darby; 'Honour conceal'd; strangely
reveal'd': the fool and the water-poet, Clare Wikeley; Appendix: Diplomatic
representatives from the Hapsburg monarchy to the Court of James VI & I,
Roberta Anderson; Index.