Philip IV and the World of Spain’s Rey Planeta

STEPHEN M. HART is Professor of Latin American Film, Literature and Culture at University College London, UK. ALEXANDER SAMSON is Reader in Early Modern Studies at University College London. ALEXANDER SAMSON is Reader in Early Modern Studies at University College London. STEPHEN M. HART is Professor of Latin American Film, Literature and Culture at University College London, UK.

• An Historiographical Introduction to the World of Philip IV - Alexander SamsonPART I: BEHIND THE SCENES'Perceptions of Kingship: Governing with and without a valido' - Alistair Malcolm'Spain's Seventeenth-Century Crisis Seen from the Perspective of the New World' - Guillermo Mira Delli-Zotti'Naples versus the Neapolitans: The Political Role of the Viceroy during the Crisis of the Viceregal System (1637-1647)' - Marina Perruca Gracia'St Rose of Lima as Exemplar of the Political Health of Philip IV's Kingdoms (1630s-1660s)' - Stephen M. HartTwo 'Prophets' and One Confessor: Philip IV's Spiritual Stage in 1643-1644 - Gianfranco Armando and Alberto Pérez Camarma'Smugglers, Thieves and Fraudsters: Francisco de León and the Seville Revolt of 1652' - Fred Carnegy-ArbuthnottPART II: ON THE WORLD STAGE 'Staging the Planet King: Apotheosis and Glory' - Julio Vélez Sainz'Do You Paint, or Give Life? The Power of Diego Velázquez's Lifelike Portraits of Philip IV' - R.T.C. Goodwin'Heroic Virtue: The Cardinal Infante Don Ferdinand of Austria, in Hunting Dress, Prince of the Celestial Habsburg Army' - Isabel-María Lloret-Sos'The Portrayal of Mariana of Austria as Archduchess and Spanish Queen' - Mercedes Llorente'The King, the Palace and the Cabinet: Knowledge on Display' - Virginia Ghelarducci'Between the Picaresque and the Picturesque: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) Visualising Spain in an Age of Decline?' - Alexander Samson