A Constellation of Courts
The Courts and Households of Habsburg Europe, 1555-1665
1st Edition
Published on 30. October 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-90-5867-990-1 (ISBN)
Description
This volume focuses on the various Habsburg courts and households among the two branches of the dynasty that arose following the division of the territories originally held by Charles V. The authors trace the connections between these courtly communities regardless of their standing or composition, exposing the underlying network they formed. By cutting across the traditional division in the historiography between the Spanish and Austrian Habsburgs and also examining the roles played by the courts and households of lesser known members of the dynasty, this volume determines to what degree the organization followed a particular model and to what extent individuals were able to move between courts in pursuit of career opportunities and advancement.
Contributors: Alejandro Lopez Alvarez (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), Carlos Javier Carlos Morales (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), Olivier Chaline (Universite Paris IV-Sorbonne), Alicia Esteban Estringana (Universidad de Alcala), Jose Eloy Hortal Munoz (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos), Birgit Houben (University of Antwerp), Katrin Keller (Universitat Wien), Jose Martinez Millan (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), Manuel Rivero (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), Astrid von Schlachta (Universitat Regensburg), Werner Thomas (KU Leuven)
Contributors: Alejandro Lopez Alvarez (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), Carlos Javier Carlos Morales (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), Olivier Chaline (Universite Paris IV-Sorbonne), Alicia Esteban Estringana (Universidad de Alcala), Jose Eloy Hortal Munoz (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos), Birgit Houben (University of Antwerp), Katrin Keller (Universitat Wien), Jose Martinez Millan (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), Manuel Rivero (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), Astrid von Schlachta (Universitat Regensburg), Werner Thomas (KU Leuven)
Reviews / Votes
In drawing attention to such deep structures of court life while acknowledging the flurry of politics, diplomacy and ceremonial, this collection makes an important contribution to our advancing understanding of the early modern court.Steven Gunn, Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis, Volume 129, Number 3, August 2016, pp. 447-500(54) That is not to deny the considerable value of this collection, not least in bringing some of the latest research on Habsburg Europe to an anglophone readership and in showing how that research might develop in the future. The collection's brief conclusion deliberately makes the case that this is in effect work in progress. By pointing out further directions for research, the editors remind us of the vitality of work on the Habsburgs as one of Europe's most powerful and dazzling dynasties, and of how much more there is to do.
Toby Osborne, English Historical Review (2016) 131 (552): 1147-1149. doi: 10.1093/ehr/cew206
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Series
Edition
01
Language
English
Place of publication
Leuven
Belgium
Target group
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Weight
673 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-5867-990-1 (9789058679901)
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Rene Vermeir is Professor and head of the Institute of Early Modern History at Ghent University. Dries Raeymaekers is Assistant Professor of Early Modern Politics at Radboud University Nijmegen. Jose Eloy Hortal Munoz is Professor of Modern History at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
Content
Courts and households of the Habsburg dynasty: history and historiography
The political configuration of the Spanish Monarchy: the court and royal households Jose Martinez Millan
The court of Madrid and the courts of the viceroys Manuel Rivero
The economic foundations of the royal household of the Spanish Habsburgs, 1556-;1621 Carlos Javier de Carlos Morales
The household of archduke Albert of Austria from his arrival in Madrid until his election as governor of the Low Countries: 1570-;1595 Jose Eloy Hortal Munoz
Flemish elites under Philip III's patronage (1598-1621): household, court and territory in the Spanish Habsburg Monarchy
Alicia Esteban Estringana
The 'Spanish Faction' at the court of the archdukes Albert and Isabella Werner Thomas
"Vous estez les premiers vassaux que j'aye et que j'aime le plus." Burgundians in the Brussels courts of the widowed Isabella and of the Cardinal-Infant don Ferdinand (1621-1641)* Birgit Houben
Anne of Austria, founder of the Val-de-Grace in Paris Olivier Chaline
Some reflections on the ceremonial and image of the kings and queens of the House of Habsburg in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Alejandro Lopez alvarez
From Graz to Vienna: structures and careers in the Frauenzimmer between 1570 and 1657 Katrin Keller
The Innsbruck court in the 17th century: identity and ceremonial of a court in flux Astrid von Schlachta
Quo vadis: present and potential approaches to the relations between the courts and households of the Habsburg dynasty in the Early Modern period
Appendix: Principal offices of the court of the Spanish Habsburg kings 371
Index
The political configuration of the Spanish Monarchy: the court and royal households Jose Martinez Millan
The court of Madrid and the courts of the viceroys Manuel Rivero
The economic foundations of the royal household of the Spanish Habsburgs, 1556-;1621 Carlos Javier de Carlos Morales
The household of archduke Albert of Austria from his arrival in Madrid until his election as governor of the Low Countries: 1570-;1595 Jose Eloy Hortal Munoz
Flemish elites under Philip III's patronage (1598-1621): household, court and territory in the Spanish Habsburg Monarchy
Alicia Esteban Estringana
The 'Spanish Faction' at the court of the archdukes Albert and Isabella Werner Thomas
"Vous estez les premiers vassaux que j'aye et que j'aime le plus." Burgundians in the Brussels courts of the widowed Isabella and of the Cardinal-Infant don Ferdinand (1621-1641)* Birgit Houben
Anne of Austria, founder of the Val-de-Grace in Paris Olivier Chaline
Some reflections on the ceremonial and image of the kings and queens of the House of Habsburg in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Alejandro Lopez alvarez
From Graz to Vienna: structures and careers in the Frauenzimmer between 1570 and 1657 Katrin Keller
The Innsbruck court in the 17th century: identity and ceremonial of a court in flux Astrid von Schlachta
Quo vadis: present and potential approaches to the relations between the courts and households of the Habsburg dynasty in the Early Modern period
Appendix: Principal offices of the court of the Spanish Habsburg kings 371
Index