The Spanish Presence in Sixteenth-Century Italy: Images of Iberia

by Miles Pattenden

Book Overview

The essays collected here evaluate the range of contexts in which Spaniards were present in early modern Italy. They consider diplomacy, sanctity, art, politics and even popular verse. Each essay excavates how Italians who came into contact with the Spanish crown's power perceived and interacted with the wider range of identities brought amongst them by its servants and subjects. Together they demonstrate what influenced and what determined Italians'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138548154
• ISBN13: 9781138548152
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"