Early Modern Dynastic Marriages and Cultural Transfer (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Palos, Joan-Lluis; Sanchez, Magdalena S.

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Produktbeschreibung

Early Modern Dynastic Marriages and Cultural Transfer examines marriage as an important agent of cultural transfer, emphasizing how marriages could lead to the creation of a cosmopolitan culture, common to the elites of Europe. These essays focus on the personal and domestic dimensions of early modern European court life, examining such areas as women's devotional practices, fashion, patronage, and culinary traditions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317200437
• Artikelnr.: 48418456

Autorenporträt

Joan-LluÃs 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.

Inhaltsangabe

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