Rubén González Cuerva

Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1528-1603)

Dynastic Networker

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Maria of Austria was one of the longest surviving Renaissance Empresses but until now has received little attention by biographers. This book explores her life, actions, and management of domestic affairs, which became a feared example of how an Empress could control alternative spheres of power.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9780367646592
• ISBN-10: 0367646595
• Artikelnr.: 62268035

Autorenporträt

Rubén González Cuerva is Permanent Scientist at the CSIC, Madrid. He has published on the diplomacy and courts of the Habsburgs, including Baltasar de Zúñiga, una encrucijada de la Monarquía hispana (2012) and (with Alexander Koller) A Europe of Courts, a Europe of Factions (2017).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Infanta Maria: A Discreet Childhood (1528
1539) 2. The Orphan Learning at Court (1539
1548) 3. The Exercise of Authority: Marriage and the Iberian Regency (1548
1551) 4. The Queen of Bohemia Fighting for her Own Space (1552
1564) 5. Empress Consort, Discreet Mediator (1564
1576) 6. The Uncertain Role of the Dowager Empress (1576
1581) 7. Establishing an Imperial Household in Madrid (1581
1587) 8. The Empress without an Empire and the Dynastic Turn (1587
1598) 9. New Opportunities? The Reign of Philip III (1598
1603) 10. Conclusions