Kingship and Favoritism in the Spain of Philip III, 1598–1621
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- Author: Antonio Feros, New York University
- Date Published: March 2006
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- isbn: 9780521025324
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The reign of Philip III of Spain (1598SH1621) has been viewed traditionally as the age when Spain's world power started to wane. This book reappraises this interpretation and demonstrates that this period represented a realignment of Spanish power in world affairs. It also analyzes the career of the Duke of Lerma, Philip III's chief minister, the first of a series of European royal favorites (such as the Duke of Buckingham, Cardinal Richelieu, and the Count-Duke of Olivares) who influenced politics, court culture and the arts during the seventeenth century.
Read more- Provides a sophisticated analysis of the political discourses of the seventeenth century
- Documents, on the basis of massive archival research, the political career of the duke of Lerma, the first royal favourite/chief minister in early modern Europe
- Discusses and analyses key topics for the understanding of court life and political culture in seventeenth-century Spain
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"Drawing upon extensive archival research and a mastery of relevant secondary materials, he carefully relates the contemporary literature to specific historical events that influenced Spain's foreign and domestic policies...superb volume...Every academic library should purchase it." Choice
See more reviews"Feros has composed an elegantly written and thoroughly researched monogragh. He has skillfully bridged the gap that until recently detached political studies of sixteenth- century Sapin from those of the seventeenth century." Renaissance Quarterly
"His careful and exhaustive methodolgy...and his analysis of political discourse and patronage networks are most striking." Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"Feros's excellent study of the duke of Lerma's career offers a highly readable narrative that reexamines the major policies and changes in the functioning of the highest spheres of the royal government during Philip III's reign." American Historical Review
"This excellent study joins other recent revisionist analyses of a period hitherto overlooked or underestimated....this is a fine, important, and exciting bbok..." Sixteenth Century Journal
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- Date Published: March 2006
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521025324
- length: 320 pages
- dimensions: 230 x 152 x 23 mm
- weight: 0.474kg
- contains: 11 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. The Rising Stars: Introduction
1. The education of a king
2. The making of a favourite
3. Continuity or reform?
Part II. The King's Valido: Introduction
4. The power of the king
5. In his image and likeness
6. The king's chief minister
Part III. Monarchy in Action: Introduction
7. 'We need miracles'
8. A corrupt regime?
9. The regime's answer: peace and Catholicism
Part IV: Reversal of Fortune: Introduction
10. Ideological confrontation and factional division
11. Fall from power
12. In search of culprits
Epilogue: the end of the privado
Bibliography
Index.
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