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Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1528-1603) : dynastic networker / Rubén González Cuerva.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- González Cuerva, R. (Rubén), author.
- Series:
- Lives of royal women
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maria, Empress, consort of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1528-1603.
- Maria.
- Maria, Empress, consort of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1528-1603--Influence.
- Empresses--Holy Roman Empire--Biography.
- Empresses.
- Holy Roman Empire--History--Maximilian II, 1564-1576.
- Holy Roman Empire.
- Spain--History--House of Austria, 1516-1700.
- Spain.
- History.
- Madrid (Spain)--Biography.
- Madrid (Spain).
- Habsburg, House of.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 308 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Dynastic networker
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1 Infanta Maria: a discreet childhood (1528-1539) p. 12
- 2 The orphan learning at court (1539-1548) p. 21
- 2.1 Places and people p. 21
- 2.2 Education and spirituality p. 26
- 2.3 Authority and its limits p. 32
- 3 The exercise of authority: marriage and the Iberian regency (1548-1551) p. 41
- 3.1 Negotiating a life in common p. 41
- 3.2 A household of her own p. 44
- 3.3 Maria of Austria, sole governor p. 54
- 4 The Queen of Bohemia fighting for her own space (1552-1564) p. 67
- 4.1 Failed cultural adaptation p. 68
- 4.2 A household of her own p. 71
- 4.3 Ambassadors, ladies, and chaplains p. 77
- 4.4 A space far decisions: farming a Catholic family p. 84
- 5 Empress consort, discreet mediator (1564-1576) p. 97
- 5.1 Communications: spaces, agents, modalities p. 98
- 5.2 The family: dynasty and confession p. 106
- 5.3 Negotiating activity p. 122
- 6 The uncertain role of the dowager empress (1576-1581) p. 148
- 6.1 Widowhood, hope, and melancholy p. 148
- 6.2 Solitude and crisis p. 156
- 6.3 Maria and the ambassador Borja: politics and patronage p. 160
- 7 Establishing an imperial household in Madrid (1581-1587) p. 172
- 7.1 The return journey p. 172
- 7.2 To govern or to retire? p. 178
- 7.3 The palace in. the monastery p. 182
- 7.4 The establishment of the imperial household p. 186
- 8 The empress without an empire and the dynastic turn (1587-1598) p. 196
- 8.1 An alternative patroness? Court and piety p. 196
- 8.2 The problems of Matthias, Maximilian, and Rudolf p. 201
- 8.3 The dynastic turn p. 206
- 9 New opportunities? The reign of Philip III (1598-1603) p. 221
- 9.1 High expectations (1598-1599) p. 221
- 9.2 The itinerant, court and the move to Valladolid p. 226
- 9.3 The empress's household and council: the last stronghold p. 231
- 9.4 Death, heritage, posterity p. 236.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781003125693
- 1003125697
- Publisher Number:
- 40030891640
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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