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Toronto Iberic

Objects of Culture in the Literature of Imperial Spain

Barnard, Mary E.

Objects of Culture in the Literature of Imperial Spain

Toronto Iberic

Objects of Culture in the Literature of Imperial Spain

Toronto Iberic: Objects of Culture in the Literature of Imperial Spain

 

Collecting and displaying finely crafted objects was a mark of character among the royals and aristocrats in Early Modern Spain: it ranked with extravagant hospitality as a sign of nobility and with virtue as a token of princely power.


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Beschrijving Toronto Iberic: Objects of Culture in the Literature of Imperial Spain

These essays examine a variety of cultural objects described or alluded to in books from the Golden Age of Spanish literature, including clothing, paintings, tapestries, playing cards, monuments, materials of war, and even enchanted bronze heads.


ISBN
9781442645127
Pagina's
326
Verschenen
Serie
Toronto Iberic
NUR
320
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Nederlands
Uitgever
Univ of Toronto Pr

Literaire non-fictie