Early modern dynastic marriages and cultural transfer
By: edited by Joan-Lluís Palos and Magdalena S. Sánchez
Series: Transculturalisms, 1400-1700
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Company; Routledge
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781472443212; 9781472443229; 9781472443236
Subjects: Culture diffusion; Civilization; Court and courtiers; Royal houses; Upper class women; Marriages of royalty and nobility; History
Description: "Early Modern Dynastic Marriages and Cultural Transfer examines marriage as an important agent of cultural transfer, emphasizing how marriages could lead to the creation of a cosmopolitan culture, common to the elites of Europe. These essays focus on the personal and domestic dimensions of early modern European court life, examining such areas as women's devotional practices, fashion, patronage, and culinary traditions"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : bargaining chips : strategic marriages and cultural circulation in early modern Europe / Joan-Lluís Palos; title: PART I. PRINCESSES ACROSS BORDERS. Catalina Micaela (1567-97), Duchess of Savoy : "she grows careless" : the Infanta Catalina and Spanish etiquette at the Court of Savoy / Magdalena S. Sánchez; title: María Teresa (1638-83), Queen of France : the queen of France and the capital of cultural heritage / Mark de Vitis; title: Elisabetta Farnese (1692-1766), Queen of Spain : a queen between three worlds : Italy, Spain, and France / María de los Ángeles Pérez Samperá; title: PART II. MALE CONSORTS. Philip the Handsome (1478-1506), Duke of Burgundy and King of Castile : voyages from Burgundy to Castile : cultural conflict and dynastic transitions, 1502-1506 / Bethany Aram; title: Philip II (1527-98), King of Spain and England : "great faith is necessary to drink from this chalice" : Philip II in the Court of Mary Tudor, 1554-58 / Anna Santamaría; title: João Soares de Alarcão (d. 1546) and his family : the marriage of João de Alarcão and Margarida Soares and the creation of a transnational Portuguese-Spanish nobility / Mafalda Soares da Cunha; title: PART III. WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO A COSMOPOLITAN NOBILITY. Eleonora Álvarez de Toledo (1522-62) : "a Spanish barbarian and an enemy of her husband's homeland" : the Duchess of Florence and her Spanish entourage / Joan-LluÍs Palos; title: Maria Mancini (1639-1715) : paintings, fans, and scented gloves : a witness to cultural exchanges at the courts in Paris, Rome, and Madrid / Leticia de Frutos; title: Johanna Theresia Lamberg (1639-1716) : the Countess of Harrach and the cultivation of the body in Madrid and Vienna / Laura Oliván; title: Epilogue : aristocratic women across borders, cultural transfers, and something more : why should we care? / Bartolomé Yun Casalilla.