Vida interior del Rey Catholica de España Dn. Phelipe II deste nombre
Subtitle: Y del serenisimo Señor Don Carlos de Asturias
By: Obra escrita por el Abad de San Pedro de nacion Frances, y traducia al Español.:
Published: 1750
Place of publication: Spain?
Language: spa
Number of pages: 219
Description: Attributed to César Vichard de Saint-Réal.
Notes: Manuscript written on paper in Spanish.

Possibly related to a manuscript in the University of Pennsylvania Library containing the biographies of King Philip II of Spain and his son, Prince Carlos of Asturias. The biographies are followed by notes and reflections by numerous authors, including Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Manuel de Faria e Sousa, François Eudes de Mézeray, and Gregorio Leti. The notes are followed by two short works: An account and refutation of the false rumor of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V's conversion to Protestantism before his death; and the stories of three French queens "killed by the Spanish" while ruling as the wives of Spanish kings. The queens are Clotilda, consort of Amalaric, King of the Visigoths; Blanche de Bourbon, consort of Pedro I, King of Castile and Leon; and Elizabeth of France, consort of Philip II. Of particular interest is the prologue at the beginning of the manuscript in which the author discusses the debate over the origin of the biography of Philip II. The two possible authors discussed are Antonio Pérez, secretary to King Philip, and Pierre Matthieu, a French historian contemporary with Pérez. The author of the manuscript is in favor of Matthieu, and apparently is working from a translation of Matthieu's work in Italian. Henry Charles Lea also attributes the work to Matthieu, according to a note in his hand that appears in the manuscript (f. 7r).

Possibly translated into Spanish by Antonio Valladares de Sotomayor (see: Antonio Palau y Dulcet. Manual de librero)

Gift; Professor Ray L. Trautman.

Spanish.

Binding: Bound.