Author: Peter Paul Rubens
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Languages : en
Pages : 18

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Author: Peter Paul Rubens
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Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Author: Stephen M. Hart
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1855663538
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 349

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Did Spain fall into decline or flourish in the seventeenth century? This edited collection looks at perceptions and representations of Philip IV, Spain's 'Planet King', and his government against the backdrop of the seventeenth-century General Crisis in Europe, wars, revolutions and a sovereign debt crisis. Scholars often associate Philip's reign (1621-1665) with decline, decadence, crisis, stagnation and adversity (as did many contemporaries); yet the glittering cultural and artistic achievements (enhanced by his patronage) of the period led it to be dubbed 'the' Golden Age. The book analyses these contradictions, examining Philip's own understanding of kingship and how he and his courtiers used art and ceremony to project an image of strength, tradition, culture and prestige, while, at the same time, the empire grappled with revolts in Europe and falling trade with its New World colonies.

Author: Peter Paul Rubens
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Languages : en
Pages : 17

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Author: William Noel Sainsbury
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Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 430

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Author: W. Noël Sainsbury
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Category : Archival resources
Languages : en
Pages : 442

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Languages : en
Pages : 434

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Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047404858
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380

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Many products of medieval and renaissance culture – literature, music, political ideology, social and governmental structures, the fine arts, forms of devotional piety, and also the social, political and literary self-representation of rulers – found their best expression in the context of the courts of greater and lesser princes. This second volume on princes and princely culture between 1450 and 1650 – the first was published in 2003 as volume 118/1 in this series – contains twelve essays. These are focused on England under Edward IV, Henry VII and Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and under James I and Charles I. The late fifteenth-century imperial court is treated in a piece on Matthias I Corvinus. The courts of Italy are represented by chapters on those of the Po Valley, the Medici of Florence, the Papal courts of Pius II and Julius II, and of Naples. Spanish court culture is discussed in contributions on Charles V, Philip II, and on Philip IV.

Author: Graham Darby
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317897706
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 129

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At the beginning of the seventeenth century Spain was the foremost power in Europe. Yet during the hundred years that followed, it suffered an acute decline, economically and politically. Graham Darby traces the course of Spain's eventful history down to the inglorious end of the Habsburg monarchy and analyses the various, often conflicting, explanations and interpretations of `decline'.

Author: Peter Paul Rubens
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Languages : en
Pages : 528

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