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Book/Printed Material The Spanish Habsburgs and Dynastic Rule, 1500-1700

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Title

  • The Spanish Habsburgs and Dynastic Rule, 1500-1700

Summary

  • "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 it. 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 his 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Geevers, Elisabeth Marieke, 1979- author

Created / Published

  • Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.

Headings

  • -  Habsburg, House of--History
  • -  Monarchy--Spain--History--16th century
  • -  Monarchy--Spain--History--17th century
  • -  Spain--History--House of Austria, 1516-1700
  • -  Spain--Kings and rulers--Succession
  • -  Spain--Kings and rulers--History

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DP171

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023002474

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  • Unrestricted online access.

Online Format

  • epub
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Geevers, Elisabeth Marieke, Author. The Spanish Habsburgs and Dynastic Rule, -1700. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2023. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023002474/.

APA citation style:

Geevers, E. M. (2023) The Spanish Habsburgs and Dynastic Rule, -1700. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023002474/.

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Geevers, Elisabeth Marieke, Author. The Spanish Habsburgs and Dynastic Rule, -1700. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2023. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2023002474/>.