| Description |
1 online resource (1 online resource (292 pages) |
| Series |
Transculturalisms, 1400â1700 |
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Transculturalisms, 1400â1700
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| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Bargaining Chips: Strategic Marriages and Cultural Circulation in Early Modern Europe -- PART I Princesses across Borders -- 1 "She Grows Careless": The Infanta Catalina and Spanish Etiquette at the Court of Savoy -- 2 The Queen of France and the Capital of Cultural Heritage -- 3 A Queen between Three Worlds :Italy, Spain, and France -- PART II Male Consorts -- 4 Voyages from Burgundy to Castile: Cultural Conflict and DynasticTransitions, 1502-06 -- 5 "Great Faith is Necessary to Drink from this Chalice": Philip II in theCourt of Mary Tudor, 1554-58 -- 6 The Marriage of João de Alarcão and Margarida Soares and the Creation of a Transnational Portuguese -- Spanish Nobility -- PART III Women's Contribution to a Cosmopolitan Nobility -- 7 "A Spanish Barbarian and an Enemy of Her Husband's Homeland": The Duchess of Florence and Her Spanish Entourage -- 8 Paintings, Fans, and Scented Gloves: A Witness to Cultural Exchange at the Courts of Paris, Rome, and Madrid -- 9 The Countess of Harrach and the Cultivation of the Body between Madrid and Vienna -- Epilogue -- 10 Aristocratic Women across Borders, Cultural Transfers and Something More. Why Should We Care? -- Index |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| SUBJECT |
Europa gnd |
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Royal houses--Europe--History
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Civilization.
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Courts and courtiers.
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Culture diffusion.
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Marriages of royalty and nobility.
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Royal houses.
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Upper class women.
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Eheschließung
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Adel
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Kulturvermittlung
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Överklasskvinnor.
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Kungahus.
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Äktenskap.
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Kulturspridning.
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Historia.
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Hovliv.
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Europe.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sánchez, Magdalena, Professor
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Jones, Ann Rosalind, Professor
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Singh, Jyotsna, Professor
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Suzuki, Mihoko, Professor
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| ISBN |
9781472443229 |
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1472443225 |
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1317200446 |
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9781317200444 |
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