Delimitation of Diplomatic Spaces: Jurisdictional Conflicts and Triumphal Entries in Spanish Milan of the Counter-Reformation
The figure of Juan Fernández de Velasco, Duke of Frias (1550-1613), governor of Milan, the representative of the Spanish crown in Lombardy, questions the link between diplomatic office and cultural development in Milan, in the bellicose era of the Counter-Reformation. His involvement in judicial dis...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires du Midi
2015-11-01
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| Series: | Caliban: French Journal of English Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/caliban/3127 |
| Summary: | The figure of Juan Fernández de Velasco, Duke of Frias (1550-1613), governor of Milan, the representative of the Spanish crown in Lombardy, questions the link between diplomatic office and cultural development in Milan, in the bellicose era of the Counter-Reformation. His involvement in judicial disputes with both local civil and ecclesiastical Borromean institutions, his role in the organization of festivities for the wedding of Margaret of Austria in 1598, and his regulation of the conditions of theatrical performances raise the issue of what relationship such a diplomatic agent entertains with central power within this endogenous context. Far from being a stricto sensu ambassador, as he is the de facto ruler of Milan, the governor is not least the organizer of the intermediate places, those specific to ambassadors: the street, the square, the theatre, the masquerades and he thus constructs, composes and frames the meaning of such a political urban geography. |
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| ISSN: | 2425-6250 2431-1766 |