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Indirect Diplomacy: contacts between Empires beyond the Court

2024-12-30T16:15:38+01:00

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Indirect castillian diplomacy in the first half of the XVth century: the cardinals and Juan Alfonso de Mella

2024-08-23T21:10:53+02:00

The presence of natives of the kingdom in the pontifical court could be an indirect way for the monarchies to achieve their objectives in the Curia. The importance that their advice could have before the pope could tip the balance in favor of royal interests. In this paper we analyze the relevance of the figure of the Castilian cardinals, and especially Juan Alfonso de Mella, and the possibilities of her influence in the papal court.

Diplomacia indirecta por toda Europa: Las misiones de Antonio Rincón and Hieronymus Laski en la década de1520

2024-10-03T08:55:50+02:00

La política europea en la década de 1520 estuvo determinada por la competencia Valois-Habsburgo, por el dominio sobre Italia y la rivalidad Habsburgo-otomana en la región de Europa Central y el Mediterráneo. En esta compleja situación, los actores diplomáticos desempeñaron un papel crucial en el proceso de toma de decisiones al recopilar y transmitir información, preparar y formar alianzas, así como brindar diversos servicios para fomentar las relaciones existentes y crear otras nuevas. Sin embargo, esta agencia individual de estos actores está lejos de ser explorada a fondo en la historiografía. Esta contribución analiza las formas en que Antonio Rincón, el enviado español de Francisco I de Francia, y Hieronymus ?aski, el enviado polaco de Juan I de Hungría, establecieron y fomentaron contactos, así como recopilaron información para sentar las bases de una coalición contra los Habsburgo. Este enfoque centrado en los actores pretende arrojar luz sobre la contribución de la agencia individual a la diplomacia antihabsburgo a principios del siglo XVI.

Gabriel de Zayas: "secretary of Barbary". The formation of a new territorial negotiation in the monarchy of Philip II

2024-11-26T14:06:28+01:00

This paper analyses the formation of the “secretary of Barbary” during the reign of Philip II. This new territorial negotiation emerged in the context of the evolving relationship with the Saadian dynasty and centred around the figure of Gabriel de Zayas. From 1574 onwards, the secretary established a working group whose procedures were matured, professionalised and linked to the province of Andalusia. The efficacy of this system, which was based on informal mechanisms linked to Zayas' authority and influence, was due to its positioning at the nexus of a triangular network connecting three key points: access to the monarch via courtiers, advisors affiliated with the Portuguese realm and the Medina Sidonia household. After Zayas' death in 1593, his procedures, fully matured, were integrated into the Secretariat of State under Martin de Idiaquez, although this system retained a wide margin of manoeuvre outside the officially regulated procedures.

Other players of venetian diplomacy. The residents in Naples during the War of Candía (1645-1669)

2024-05-15T08:32:29+02:00

The aim of this paper is to point out the relevance of the residents of the Republic of Saint Mark in Naples within the complex and oscillating Spanish-Venetian relations during the 17^th century. We will focus on the middle decades of the century, to see how the outbreak of the War of Candia ushered in a new phase in the contacts between the two powers, in which achieving the dispatch of Neapolitan and Sicilian galleys to the eastern Mediterranean became one of the main challenges for Venetian diplomacy.

Hence the importance of its residents at the Parthenopean court, as their mediation was essential for the Hispanic squadrons to come to his aid. After all, the viceroy's predisposition –whose autonomy we will see in the following pages– was essential to ensure that the wished aids were sent to Candia.

Family and political considerations around the projected «embassy» of Constanza de Acuña in Paris (1618)

2024-04-03T12:17:34+02:00

The projected solo «embassy» of Constanza de Acuña, first Countess of Gondomar, to France in 1618 can be considered an obscure but highly relevant episode within the old/new debates on the formal or informal nature of female intervention in Early Modern diplomacy, as it shows that in some contexts ambassadresses were valued as diplomatic agents in their own right over their husbands. This paper offers a detailed analysis of this case study, starting with its contextualisation in the Spanish diplomatic networks in Paris at the time, and later assessing the reasons that led both to its inception by the Madrid court and its eventual abandonment. Our conclusions emphasise how the mixture of family and state affairs conditioned the proposal and challenge the very distinction between formal and informal female diplomatic roles.

The Thesis Of Confessionalization, An Exportable Model For The Spanish Monarchy: The Case Of The Theological Controversy De Auxiliis Divinae Gratiae

2024-01-31T09:53:02+01:00

This article aims to analyse the various consequences of the theological controversy de auxiliis divinae gratiae in the socio-political sphere of the Monarchy of Spain since the end of the 16th century. Thus, the viability of the historiographical thesis of 'confessionalization' will be demonstrated. However, this task entails an updating of the paradigm because the 'classical model' had difficulties in dealing with intra-confessional disputes. For this reason, this approach can, on the one hand, clarify the medium and long-term processes in which this quarrel was situated and, on the other hand, enrich one of the most promising postulates of the religious history. In order to shed light on the different themes that were intertwined, the episodes traditionally associated with this historical phenomenon have been divided into two levels. It also provides an account of the milestones of the Hispanic debate and their subsequent interpretations.

La madrastra (no) malvada: la emperatriz viuda eleonora ii gonzaga como voto de calidad en la corte de viena

2024-04-03T14:29:32+02:00

A la emperatriz viuda Eleonora II Gonzaga se le atribuía una gran influencia sobre su hijastro el emperador Leopoldo I (r. 1657-1705). Por ello, no solo fue cortejada por diplomáticos venecianos, franceses y papales. Incluso las minutas de las conferencias de los ministros austriacos reconocían su papel político y discutían la mejor manera de aprovechar su potencial. Sin embargo, Eleonora no favoreció sistemáticamente a una de las facciones de la corte. El matrimonio de su hija con el rey polaco Michal Korybut en 1670 podría haberla convertido en una "oriental", dispuesta a apaciguar a los franceses. De hecho, Eleonora fue considerada al principio como una aliada por el embajador francés Gremonville, pero en 1671-72 se volvió decididamente en su contra. Diez años más tarde, ante la amenaza francesa a su Mantua natal (y a sus propias perspectivas de herencia en Monferrato), volvió a encabezar una campaña de los “halcones de guerra” proespañoles contra los “apaciguadores” de la época.

The Proclamation Of Carlos Iii In The Capital Of The Kingdom Of Mallorca

2024-01-19T12:12:48+01:00

The aim of this article is to analyze the public ceremony of the royal proclamation of Charles III in the city of Palma, the capital of the Kingdom of Mallorca. This text is organized into several chapters with the purpose of understanding this ceremony, which was one of the most splendid of the 18th century. To achieve this, it examines how and by whom it was organized, as well as identifying the main locations where it took place, its key figures, and the major events. In order to accomplish these objectives, records from the Arxiu Municipal de Palma and the Arxiu Capitual de Mallorca have been consulted, in addition to tracing documentation from the Arxiu del Regne de Mallorca.

The house of cows of Aranjuez: an approach to the cattle of the monarch at the end of the Olf Regime

2023-11-27T13:33:14+01:00

The Royal Sites were essential in the formation and evolution of the political organization of the Spanish Monarchy. Since the middle of the 18th century, from the reign of Charles III, and the beginning of the following, the royal sites underwent important changes in relation to their significance, management and economic vision. In this context, the royal house of cows of Aranjuez, originally created to provide butter and milk to the court, became the stage of agricultural and livestock projects and initiatives with the aim of exploiting the potential of this space. Through the case of the house of cows of Aranjuez, we pretend to analyze the economic value of the royal heritage and the programs that were developed in the Royal Sites at the end of the Old Regime.

Cooking The Indies. American Food At The Spanish Court (16th-17th Centuries). Uses, Texts And Representations

2024-01-19T12:18:47+01:00

With the return of Columbus' first voyage after his encounter with American lands, the introduction of new animal and vegetable species at the Spanish court began. Initially as a curiosity and demonstration of the discovery, little by little these species became part of different spaces related to food in the Spanish court and some of them came to have considerable weight in its gastronomy. To analyse the introduction and presence of these foods at the Spanish court, three areas will be taken into account: the gardens, the pantries and the banquets, relying on the information provided by texts and artistic representations of the time that testify to the gradual incorporation and use of foods from the West Indies in the Spanish nobiliary sphere

After the death of the queen: the clothing inventories of Maria Luisa of Parma

2024-09-25T12:26:26+02:00

This paper aims to reveal the various inventories of clothing belonging to Queen Maria Luisa of Parma. The primary sources consulted reveal previously unpublished data that allow us to analyse the various records of clothing that the queen had in her wardrobe. The first document, made in 1808, was made once Charles IV and Maria Luisa had left the court. The inventories and post-mortem appraisals of 1819 and 1820 provide information on the clothes worn by the queen while exiled in Rome. This series of documents brings us closer to the enormous clothing expenses that the sovereign had during her reign. The analysis of these inventories shows that she bought huge quantities of clothing with the aim of controlling her own image. Through the various inventoried records, it is clear that the sovereign requested everything necessary to dress in accordance with the fashion of the moment. All of this has been possible through the examination and assessment of the documentary collections kept in the General Archive of the Palace of Madrid.

The historical-artistic background of the pictorial portraits of Queen Maria Christina Habsburg Lorraine

2024-09-25T12:16:29+02:00

The main aim of this article is to examine in detail the construction of the image of Queen Maria Christina of Habsburg Lorraine, focusing especially on the essential aspects of her life trajectory: queen consort, regent and queen mother.

The hypothesis put forward is based on the investigation of whether the aulic emblems, used during the Modern Age and present in the pictorial representation of women, survive in twelve ceremonial portraits of Doña María Cristina in the middle of the Contemporary Age.

The results obtained confirm that this visual exhibition of the Austrian queen transcends mere representation by postulating a model of virtues embodied by the personification of national identity. Her image stands as a social-historical document that deals with the leadership of a woman who, unexpectedly, together with the Cortes, would guide Spain for sixteen years, overcoming moments of personal and political crisis and the criticisms of the detractors of the Restoration.

Martín-Esperanza, Paloma: "Hispania Restituta. La Antigüedad clásica en el programa político y cultural de los Reyes Católicos: relaciones entre España e Italia"

2024-12-26T16:32:35+01:00

Iglesias, Lucila; Montes González, Francisco; y Rega Vastro, Iván (coords): Ficciones del islam: Representaciones de lo musulmán en la cultura visual de los virreinatos americanos

2024-12-26T16:36:46+01:00

Lahoz, Lucía: "La imagen y su contexto cultural. La iconografía medieval"

2024-12-26T16:39:08+01:00

Cruz Cabrera, Policarpo; y García Cueto, David: "El despliegue artístico en la Monarquía Hispánica (ss. XVI- XVIII). Contextos y perspectivas"

2024-12-26T16:41:37+01:00

Esposito, Anna; y Pesiri, Giovanni (coords.): "Sermoneta nel Rinascimento tra Lucrezia Borgia e i Caetani"

2024-12-26T16:47:10+01:00