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Book Margaret of Parma

Download or read book Margaret of Parma written by Charlie R. Steen and published by Brill Academic Pub. This book was released on 2013 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margaret of Parma, a natural child of Charles V, served her father through two marriages in Italy. She returned to the Netherlands to serve Philip II, her half-brother, as regent during the religious and political turmoil that became the Revolt against Spain. Her efforts at compromise infuriated Philip, who replaced her with the Duke of Alba.

Book Margaret of Parma  A Life

Download or read book Margaret of Parma A Life written by Charles R. Steen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margaret of Parma: A Life presents a woman who had a vital part in the political dramas of Reformation Europe. A natural child of Charles V, she was educated in the courts of Brussels, Florence, Rome, and Parma, and then was thrust into religious and political tumult in the Netherlands, where she showed ability and character. At eight she was moved to Italy to be educated and then married to Alessandro de’Medici. Alessandro’s murder enabled Charles to marry her to Ottavio Farnese, the grandson of Pope Pius III. The union gave her years of experience in Rome. Her father’s abdication took Margaret back to the Netherlands as regent for Philip II. His authoritarian rule and the Calvinist uprising rendered the position horrifying. When rebuked and replaced by the Duke of Alba, Margaret returned to Italy as ruler of Abruzzo. The character of Margaret assured her importance as she dealt with essential issues of life and rule. This biography reveals a woman dedicated to compromise and conciliation in public affairs.

Book Margaret Parma  Emperor s Daughter Bethb

Download or read book Margaret Parma Emperor s Daughter Bethb written by Brunelli LICHTERT and published by Hannibal Books. This book was released on 2024-10-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * This richly illustrated book throws light on the legacy and life of Margaret of Parma, whose importance in 16th century Europe has often been overshadowed * Published on the occasion of the exhibition Margaret -; The Emperor's Daughter between Power and Image in MOU, Oudenaarde, Belgium from September 21, 2024 to January 5, 2025 with loans from major museums as the Louvre, Galleria Nazionale Parma, Museo Nazionale di Napoli, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, The British Museum and many others Step back in time to the captivating world of 16th-century Europe with this compelling portrait of Margaret of Parma, governor of the Netherlands for Philip II of Spain, and a woman who left an indelible mark on history. Through vivid storytelling and meticulous research, this book delves into the life and legacy of Margaret, shedding light on her influence and contributions to the tumultuous political landscape of her era. From exhilarating falcon hunts to lavish feasts, intricate etiquette, and the complexities of dress codes, readers are transported to a time of opulence and intrigue. With profound reflections on customs and traditions, this captivating narrative offers a rich tapestry of life in the Renaissance court. Within the possibilities of her role, she tried to prevent war and bloodshed. Religious conflicts would divide Europe for more than another century. Margaret of Parma's story is sure to leave a lasting impression. Image © Royal Collection Trust

Book Women and Gender in the Early Modern Low Countries  1500   1750

Download or read book Women and Gender in the Early Modern Low Countries 1500 1750 written by Sarah Joan Moran and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women and Gender in the Early Modern Low Countries, 1500-1750 brings together research on women and gender across the Low Countries, a culturally contiguous region that was split by the Eighty Years' War into the Protestant Dutch Republic in the North and the Spanish-controlled, Catholic Hapsburg Netherlands in the South. The authors of this interdisciplinary volume highlight women’s experiences of social class, as family members, before the law, and as authors, artists, and patrons, as well as the workings of gender in art and literature. In studies ranging from microhistories to surveys, the book reveals the Low Countries as a remarkable historical laboratory for its topic and points to the opportunities the region holds for future scholarly investigations. Contributors: Martine van Elk, Martha Howell, Martha Moffitt Peacock, Sarah Joan Moran, Amanda Pipkin, Katlijne Van der Stighelen, Margit Thøfner, and Diane Wolfthal.

Book State Communication and Public Politics in the Dutch Golden Age

Download or read book State Communication and Public Politics in the Dutch Golden Age written by Arthur der Weduwen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-12-08 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: State Communication and Public Politics in the Dutch Golden Age describes the political communication practices of the authorities in the early modern Netherlands. Der Weduwen provides an in-depth study of early modern state communication: the manner in which government sought to inform its citizens, publicise its laws, and engage publicly in quarrels with political opponents. These communication strategies, including proclamations, the use of town criers, and the printing and affixing of hundreds of thousands of edicts, underpinned the political stability of the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic. Based on systematic research in thirty-two Dutch archives, this book demonstrates for the first time how the wealthiest, most literate, and most politically participatory state of early modern Europe was shaped by the communication of political information. It makes a decisive case for the importance of communication to the relationship between rulers and ruled, and the extent to which early modern authorities relied on the active consent of their subjects to legitimise their government.

Book The Panorama of Life and Literature

Download or read book The Panorama of Life and Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Game of Queens

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sarah Gristwood
  • Publisher : Basic Books
  • Release : 2016-11-29
  • ISBN : 0465096794
  • Pages : 384 pages

Download or read book Game of Queens written by Sarah Gristwood and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sarah Gristwood has written a masterpiece that effortlessly and enthrallingly interweaves the amazing stories of women who ruled in Europe during the Renaissance period."--Alison Weir Sixteenth-century Europe saw an explosion of female rule. From Isabella of Castile, and her granddaughter Mary Tudor, to Catherine de Medici, Anne Boleyn, and Elizabeth Tudor, these women wielded enormous power over their territories, shaping the course of European history for over a century. Across boundaries and generations, these royal women were mothers and daughters, mentors and protégées, allies and enemies. For the first time, Europe saw a sisterhood of queens who would not be equaled until modern times. A fascinating group biography and a thrilling political epic, Game of Queens explores the lives of some of the most beloved (and reviled) queens in history.

Book Musical Theater in Eighteenth century Parma

Download or read book Musical Theater in Eighteenth century Parma written by Margaret R. Butler and published by Eastman Studies in Music. This book was released on 2019 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you create a style of opera that speaks to everyone, when no one agrees on what it should say -- or how?

Book The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte

Download or read book The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte written by John Stevens Cabot Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The History of the Earls and Earldom of Flanders

Download or read book The History of the Earls and Earldom of Flanders written by Marius D'Assigny and published by . This book was released on 1701 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The History of the Earls and Earldom of Flanders  from the First Establishment of that Sovereignty to the Death of the Late King Charles II  of Spain  Being a Relation of Many Remarkable Actions that Have Happen d Not Only in that But Other Parts of Europe  More Particularly the Late Wars with the French  the Treaty at Reswick  and that for Dividing the Spanish Monarchy   c  To which is Prefix d  a General Survey of Flanders  Illustrated with the Most Exact and Curious Map that was Ever Yet Made of that Country

Download or read book The History of the Earls and Earldom of Flanders from the First Establishment of that Sovereignty to the Death of the Late King Charles II of Spain Being a Relation of Many Remarkable Actions that Have Happen d Not Only in that But Other Parts of Europe More Particularly the Late Wars with the French the Treaty at Reswick and that for Dividing the Spanish Monarchy c To which is Prefix d a General Survey of Flanders Illustrated with the Most Exact and Curious Map that was Ever Yet Made of that Country written by Marius D'ASSIGNY and published by . This book was released on 1701 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hours at Home

Download or read book Hours at Home written by and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hours at Home  a Popular Monthly  Devoted to Religious and Useful Literature

Download or read book Hours at Home a Popular Monthly Devoted to Religious and Useful Literature written by James Manning Sherwood and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The British Cyclopedia of Biography  Containing the Lives of Distinguished Men of All Ages and Countries  with Portraits  Residences  Autographs  and Monuments

Download or read book The British Cyclopedia of Biography Containing the Lives of Distinguished Men of All Ages and Countries with Portraits Residences Autographs and Monuments written by Charles Frederick Partington and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 1046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Spanish Habsburgs and Dynastic Rule  1500   1700

Download or read book The Spanish Habsburgs and Dynastic Rule 1500 1700 written by Elisabeth Geevers and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-19 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a novel research methodology for students and scholars with an interest in dynasties, at all levels, this book explores the Spanish Habsburg dynasty that ruled the Spanish monarchy between c. 1515 and 1700. Instead of focusing on the reigns of successive kings, the book focuses on the Habsburgs as a family group that was constructed in various ways: as a community of heirs, a genealogical narrative, a community of the dead and a ruling family group. These constructions reflect the fact that dynasties do not only exist in the present, as kings, queens or governors, but also in the past, in genealogies, and in the future, as a group of hypothetical heirs. This book analyses how dynasties were ‘made’ by the people belonging to them. It uses a social institutionalist framework to analyse how family dynamics gave rise to practices and roles. The kings of Spain only had limited power to control the construction of their dynasty, since births and deaths, processes of dynastic centralisation, pressure from subjects, relatives’ individual agency, rivalry among relatives and the institutionalisation of roles limited their power. Including several genealogical tables to support students new to the Spanish Habsburgs, this book is essential reading for all students of early modern Europe and the history of monarchy. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Book The History of the Low Countrey Warres     Englished by Sr R  Stapylton  Etc

Download or read book The History of the Low Countrey Warres Englished by Sr R Stapylton Etc written by Famianus STRADA and published by . This book was released on 1667 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Black Prince of Florence

Download or read book The Black Prince of Florence written by Catherine Fletcher and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family tree -- Glossary of names -- Timeline -- Map -- A note on money -- Prologue -- Book one: The bastard son -- Book two: The obedient nephew -- Book three: The prince alone -- Afterword: Alessandro's ethnicity.