Patrick Williams

The great favourite

The Duke of Lerma and the court and government of Philip III of Spain, 1598-1621

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first biography of the last major unknown figure in European history. The Duke of Lerma was the first and greatest of the royal favourites of the European seventeenth century. He was the greatest art patron of his generation and the greatest lay builder in Spanish history. This study is profoundly well researched and fluently written.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 509g
• ISBN-13: 9780719081415
• ISBN-10: 0719081416
• Artikelnr.: 27430064

Autorenporträt

Patrick Williams was formerly Professor of Spanish History at the University of Portsmouth

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Valladolid, Pentecost Sunday, 29 May 1605: 'Protector
general and advocate of all the world' 1. The Sandoval family and the crown
of Castile 2. The accession of Philip III 3. The establishment of the
valimiento, 1598-1601 4. The court in Valladolid, 1601-1606 : The years of
the golden keys 5. Government and policymaking 6. Humiliation, 1606-1607 7.
Flight : The Journeys of 1608-1610 8. Survival : The death of the Queen and
Lerma's 'other course' 1611-1613 9. Retreat 10. Cardinal-Duke 11. The end
of the Sandoval hegemony 12. Lerma and Uceda : Decline, testaments and
death Conclusion Index