This is the first biography of the last major unknown figure in European history. The Duke of Lerma was the first and greatest of the royal favourites of the European seventeenth century. He was the greatest art patron of his generation and the greatest lay builder in Spanish history. This study is profoundly well researched and fluently written.
Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, Duke of Lerma (1553-1625) is the last major unknown statesman in modern European history. Patrick Williams brings him dramatically to life and challenges the assumptions that historians have made about him and about Spanish history at a time of profound crisis, inviting a re-evaluation of the phenomenon of government by favourites in this seminal period of European history.
Lerma served Philip III as his favourite and first minister between 1598 and 1618. His power dazzled contemporaries; one petitioner telling Philip that he had come to see him 'because I could not get an appointment with the Duke of Lerma'. Within a decade of assuming office Lerma had raised his family from humiliating poverty to great riches and was the greatest patron of the arts in Europe. His use of power provoked intense debate about the nature of corruption in government. Yet Lerma remained deeply ambivalent about his position. Determined to follow family tradition and retire into religious life to secure the salvation of his soul, he secured a cardinalate in 1617, ending his life as a prince of the Church.
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Formato
Tapa suave
Número de Páginas
328
Lenguaje
Inglés
Editorial
Manchester University Press
Fecha de Publicación
2009-11-01
Dimensiones
9.21" x 6.14" x 0.7" pulgadas
Serie
Studies in Early Modern European History
Letra Grande
No
Con Ilustraciones
No
Temas
Británico, Español
Acerca del Autor
Patrick Williams was formerly Professor of Spanish History at the University of Portsmouth
Descripción
Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, Duke of Lerma (1553-1625) is the last major unknown statesman in modern European history. Patrick Williams brings him dramatically to life and challenges the assumptions that historians have made about him and about Spanish history at a time of profound crisis, inviting a re-evaluation of the phenomenon of government by favourites in this seminal period of European history.
Lerma served Philip III as his favourite and first minister between 1598 and 1618. His power dazzled contemporaries; one petitioner telling Philip that he had come to see him 'because I could not get an appointment with the Duke of Lerma'. Within a decade of assuming office Lerma had raised his family from humiliating poverty to great riches and was the greatest patron of the arts in Europe. His use of power provoked intense debate about the nature of corruption in government. Yet Lerma remained deeply ambivalent about his position. Determined to follow family tradition and retire into religious life to secure the salvation of his soul, he secured a cardinalate in 1617, ending his life as a prince of the Church.
Detalles
Formato
Tapa dura
Número de Páginas
336
Lenguaje
Inglés
Editorial
Manchester University Press
Fecha de Publicación
2007-01-31
Serie
Studies in Early Modern European History
Letra Grande
No
Con Ilustraciones
No
Temas
Británico, Español
Acerca del Autor
Naphy, William G.
William G. Naphy is Senior Lecturer in History and Head of Department at the University of Aberdeen
Bergin, Joseph
Joseph Bergin is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Manchester, Fellow of the British Academy and Correspondant Étranger, Institut de France.
The Great Favourite: The Duke of Lerma and the Court and Government of Philip III of Spain, 1598-1621
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