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Table of Contents: “…Image and Self-image: The Spanish Habsburgs and the Power of Dynasty --…”
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Table of Contents: “…sense of place: hearing English Catholicism in the Spanish Habsburg territories, 1568--1659 /…”
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Table of Contents: “…Dwarfs---and a Loca---as Ladies' Maids at the Spanish Habsburg Courts /…”
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Table of Contents: “…Architecture and Grandeza -- Monarchy and governance : the Royal Palace, ca. 1620 -- Justice and penance : the Court Prison, ca. 1640 -- Town versus court : the Town Hall, ca. 1660 -- Regency and renovation : palaces and plazas, ca. 1680 -- Conclusion : Madrid of the Spanish Habsburgs.…”

Table of Contents: “…"A dwelling for god on earth" ; The vow fulfilled ; Architects and artists ; The burdens of empire ; Dissent at home, defeat at sea ; Last of the Spanish Habsburgs ; In the absence of royalty -- El Escorial in literature -- Reference. …”

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Table of Contents: “…Religious power and imperial rule in Eurasia, ca. thirteenth -- ca. eighteenth century / Peter Rietbergen -- The warband in the making of Eurasian empires / Jos Gommans -- The people of the pen : self-perceptions of status and role in the administration of empires and polities / Maaike van Berkel -- The Golden Horde, the Spanish Habsburg monarchy, and the construction of ruling dynasties / Marie Favereau Doumenjou and Liesbeth Geevers -- Narratives of kingship in fictional literature / Richard van Leeuwen -- Prince, pen and sword : Eurasian perspectives / Jeroen Duindam.…”
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Table of Contents: “…THE UNIVERSAL MONARCHY OP THE SPANISH HABSBURGS -- CHAPTER II. THE APOCALYPSE IN THE AGE OF DISCOVERY -- CHAPTER III HERNÁN CORTÉS, THE MOSES OF THE NEW WORLD -- PART II. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Courts and households of the Habsburg dynasty: history and historiography; The political configuration of the Spanish Monarchy: the court and royal households; The court of Madrid and the courts of the viceroys; The economic foundations of the royal household of the Spanish Habsburgs, 1556-1621; The household of archduke Albert of Austria from his arrival in Madrid 1570-1595; Flemish elites under Philip III's patronage (1598-1621); The 'Spanish Faction' at the court of the archdukes Albert and Isabella.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Christine Shaw, University of Oxford -- Incest, Blind Faith, and Conquest: The Spanish Habsburgs and their Enemies, 1516-1713 by Dr. Geoffrey Parker, Ohio State University -- Islam's Final Push by Andrew Wheatcroft -- A Contest for Trade and Empire: England v. …”