Early Modern Dynastic Marriages and Cultural Transfer

Joan-Lluís Palos is Professor of Early Modern European History at the University of Barcelona, Spain. Magdalena S. Sánchez is Professor of History at Gettysburg College, USA.

• ContentsList of IllustrationsList of TablesNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction:Bargaining Chips: Strategic Marriages and Cultural Circulation in Early Modern EuropeJoan-Lluís PalosPART I: PRINCESSES ACROSS BORDERS1 Catalina Micaela (1567–97), Duchess of Savoy"She Grows Careless": The Infanta Catalina and Spanish Etiquette at the Court of SavoyMagdalena S. Sánchez2 María Teresa (1638–83), Queen of FranceThe Queen of France and the Capital of Cultural HeritageMark de Vitis3 Elisabetta Farnese (1692–1766), Queen of SpainA Queen between Three Worlds: Italy, Spain, and FranceMaría de los Ángeles Pérez SamperPART II: MALE CONSORTS4 Philip the Handsome (1478–1506), Duke of Burgundy and King of CastileVoyages from Burgundy to Castile: Cultural Conflict and Dynastic Transitions, 1502–06Bethany Aram5 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, 1554–58Anna Santamaría López6 João Soares de Alarcão (d. 1546) and His FamilyThe Marriage of João de Alarcão and Margarida Soares and the Creation of a Transnational Portuguese-Spanish NobilityMafalda Soares da CunhaPART III: Women’s Contribution to a Cosmopolitan Nobility7 Eleonora Álvarez de Toledo (1522–62)"A Spanish Barbarian and an Enemy of Her Husband’s Homeland": The Duchess of Florence and Her Spanish EntourageJoan-Lluís Palos8 Maria Mancini (1639–1715)Paintings, Fans, and Scented Gloves: A Witness to Cultural Exchanges at the Courts in Paris, Rome, and MadridLeticia de Frutos9 Johanna Theresia Lamberg (1639–1716)The Countess of Harrach and the Cultivation of the Body between Madrid and ViennaLaura Oliván SantaliestraEpilogue:Aristocratic Women across Borders, Cultural Transfers, and Something More. Why Should We Care?Bartolomé Yun CasalillaIndex

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