Review to Richard L. Kagan, Clio and the Crown: The Politics of History in Medieval and Early Modern Spain, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009; and María del Carme... by Victoria Pineda

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[EN] THE POPE, THE KING AND THE FAMILY. TRIPLE LOYALTY AND DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS OF THE APOSTOLIC NUNCIO ANTONIO CAETANI AT THE COURT OF MADRID (1611-1618) // EL PAPA, EL REY Y L... by Paolo Periati

“…<p>Antonio Caetani (archbishop of Capua, 1566-1624) was a high exponent of an</p><p>aristocratic Roman family, whose loyalty to the Spanish crown was well known. He</p><p>grew up within the patronage network of the Cardinal Nephew Pietro Aldobrandini,</p><p>and later moved to that of Scipione Borghese. …”
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Traveling Marian Images: Our Lady of Trapani between Spanish Sicily, Global Catholicism, and Imperial Aspirations by Nora Guggenbühler

“…This paper outlines the strategic fusion of legendary narratives and tangible mobility employed by viceroys, religious orders, and travelers to expand and consolidate the influence of the Catholic Church and the Spanish Crown during the Counter-Reformation.…”
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Portraits by Feliciano de Almeida (1635-1694) in Cosimo III de' Medici's Gallery by Flor, Susana Varela

“…During his short visit to Portugal (from 9 January to 1 March), he established contacts with the high nobles of the Portuguese court and familiarized himself with the political and economic history of Portugal, recently liberated from the Spanish Crown. In the aftermath of this visit, he commissioned fifteen portraits of the generals of the War of Restoration (1640-1668). …”
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Entre la Iglesia y el Estado: la “Concordia Facchinetti” come premessa del processo concordatario Settecentesco by Filippo Maria Troiani

“…This essay analyses the development of the relations between the Pontifical court and the Spanish crown between the end of the XVII century and the first half of the XVIII. …”
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La Trompette de la Valtoline (1623) : Écrire l’attente à la veille de la guerre franco-espagnole by Bernd Klesmann

“…Returning far back in the past, this plea in favour of an active position in the conflict against the Spanish crown shows the future action as a collective and societal project and at the same time appeals to the actual creative force of late feudal elites. …”
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Ornament and household goods from «China of Japan» during the reign of Philip V and Elisabeth Farnese of Spain (1700-1766) by Cinta KRAHE NOBLETT, Mercedes SIMAL LÓPEZ

“…During the reign of King Philip V (1683-1746) and Queen Elisabeth Farnese (1692-1766) the most important palaces of the Spanish crown started to be decorated with East Asian objects from China and Japan, together with high quality imitations of oriental styles produced in European workshops. …”
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Translating Native Consent in the Spanish Empire: Maya Words and Agency in Sixteenth-Century Yucatan by Caroline Cunill

“…Building on two case studies, the article explores how the Maya caciques understood the concept of consent and made use of it in concrete political negotiations with the Spanish crown in sixteenth-century Yucatan, New Spain. …”
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Los actores de reparto: distribuidores de insumos en la minería de Guanajuato en el siglo XIX by Alma Parra

“…This paper observes the changes brought over by the independence of Mexico from the Spanish crown which allowed for changes in the forms of business in mining. …”
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Law Books in the Hispanic Atlantic World: Spaces, Agents and the Consumption of Texts in the Early Modern Period by Pedro Rueda Ramírez

“…The aim is to identify the infrastructure that underpinned the transport of books from Europe to the Spanish Crown’s American territories. In addition, an analysis of the distribution spaces and characteristics of supply provides an overview of the mechanisms that operated in the market for law books in the early modern period. …”

Bureaucracy and State Knowledge: On the Production of Statistics in Chile (1750s-1870s) by Andrés Estefane

“…The purpose of this chronology is to place the first republican scientific efforts in a broad time horizon, linking them with the proto-statistical researches ordered by the Spanish Crown during the second half of the eighteenth century. …”
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Indígenas, Borbones y enclaves coloniales. Las relaciones interétnicas en el fuerte San José durante su primera década de funcionamiento (Chubut, 1779-1789) by Silvana Buscaglia

“…In the late 18th century, the Spanish Crown implemented the plan of colonization of the Patagonian Atlantic coast. …”
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Fronteras culturales difusas: autonomía étnica e identidad en textos andinos del siglo XVII by Alcira Dueñas

“…Introducing himself as «noble», «Christian», and «loyal subject», the Andean writer attempted a cultural negotiation with the Spanish Crown to obtain a cacicazgo and carve new spaces of ethnic authority and social prestige, while advancing a reformulation of the racial hierarchies of colonialism.…”
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Delimitation of Diplomatic Spaces: Jurisdictional Conflicts and Triumphal Entries in Spanish Milan of the Counter-Reformation by Stéphane Miglierina

“…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. …”
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En una casa y mantenimiento. Estrategias familiares en Guipúzcoa durante la Edad Moderna a través del caso de la familia Zarauz by Álvaro Aragón Ruano

“…Gradually, they went on opening their scope of action to the rest of territories lands of the Spanish Crown.…”
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Alianzas atlánticas en Armas Antárticas: corsarios y cimarrones en la obra de Juan de Miramontes y Zuázola by Marta Hidalgo Pérez

“…With the discovery of the isthmian way connecting the North Sea – Atlantic ocean – with the South Sea – Pacific ocean – the Isthmus of Panama became the most strategic point of the Spanish Crown in the New World during the 16th century. …”
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THE CURRENT PROBLEMATIC OF THE SPANISH MONARCHY: BETWEEN THE FUNCTIONAL DEBATE AND DISCRIMINATION IN THE SUCCESSION by Daniel Martínez Cristóbal

“…Results: The important role played by the Spanish Crown in the Spanish constitutional order, and the great protection it enjoys to prevent destabilization as Head of State, is demonstrated. …”
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La negociación de un compromiso: la mita de las minas de plata de San Agustín de Huantajaya, Tarapacá, Perú (1756-1766) by Anil Mukerjee

“…The implementation of the mining mita other than in Potosi and Huancavelica was never very successful during the colonial period. In 1758, the Spanish Crown awarded a mining mita to the owner of a silver mine in San Augustin de Huantajaya, Tarapacá, the only mining area in the viceroyalty that was not located in the Andes. …”
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Possessing Rome ‘in absentia’: The Titular Churches of the Spanish Monarchy in the Early Seventeenth Century by Cloe Cavero de Carondelet

“…Following an overview of the continuities and circumstances that influenced the allocation of titular churches to Spanish crown cardinals, this article concentrates on the <em>possesso</em> of Sant’Anastasia al Palatino. …”
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Tácticas defensivas y tácticas ofensivas: Arqueología de una batalla en la Isla de Tierra Bomba, Cartagena de Indias, siglo XVIII by Carlos del Cairo Hurtado

“…During the preventive war in the 18th century the Spanish Crown constructed a defense system to protect the bay of Cartagena from enemy’s attacks as a part of strategy to control the oversea territories. …”
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