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One Foot in the Palace

the Habsburg court of Brussels and the politics of access in the reign of Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621

Dries Raeymaekers

One Foot in the Palace

One Foot in the Palace

the Habsburg court of Brussels and the politics of access in the reign of Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621

One Foot in the Palace

 

The splendor and enticement of the Archdukes' Court in Brussels The Habsburg Court of Brussels remains one of the few early modern princely courts that have never been thoroughly studied by historians.


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Beschrijving One Foot in the Palace

The splendor and enticement of the Archdukes' Court in Brussels
The Habsburg Court of Brussels remains one of the few early modern princely courts that have never been thoroughly studied by historians. Yet it offers a unique case, particularly with regard to the first decades of the seventeenth century. Once home to the Dukes of Burgundy, the ancient palace on the Coudenberg hill in Brussels became the principal residence of the Habsburg governors in the Low Countries and, in the period 1598-1621, that of Archduke Albert and his wife, the Spanish Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia. Eager to reassert the dynasty's authority in these parts, the Archdukes ruled the Habsburg Netherlands as sovereign princes in their own right. Based on the author's prize-winning dissertation, this book vividly brings to life the splendor of their court and unravels the goals and ambitions of the men and women who lived and worked in the palace.


ISBN
9789058679390
Pagina's
440
Verschenen
NUR
697
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Nederlands
Uitgever
Leuven University Press

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