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Matter(s) of State

Heraldic Display and Discourse in the Early Modern Monarchy (c. 1480?1650)

Steven Thiry (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

402 Seiten

2018
Jan Thorbecke Verlag
978-3-7995-1092-9 (ISBN)

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Heraldic images pervaded early modern politics. In particular, the king’s bearings embodied sovereignty and advanced dynastic claims. They became the stuff of legends, as well as the cause of fierce disputes. But when did heraldic adaptation occur? Why was a disrespectful treatment damaging to the political fabric? By comparing armorial appropriation in the French and Spanish monarchies, Steven Thiry challenges the dominant view of princely image control. Eagles, lilies and lions not only visualized political virtues and vices. Their visual and material dimension imbued them with an agency of their own. Matter(s) of State offers a new insight into the symbolic mindset of the political process. Mystical exaltation, subversive adaptation, and even violent ‘heraldic’ iconoclasm appear as significant means of debating and even questioning rule.

Steven Thiry is a postdoctoral fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), affiliated to Power in History: Centre for Political History of the University of Antwerp. His research focuses on early modern heraldic practices and on the political culture of the Habsburg Netherlands.

Erscheinungsdatum	23.07.2018
Reihe/Serie	Heraldic Studies ; 2
Mitarbeit	Herausgeber (Serie): Torsten Hiltmann, Laurent Hablot
Zusatzinfo	mit etwa 50, zumeist farbigen Abbildungen
Verlagsort	Ostfildern
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 240 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
Schlagworte	Burgund • Dynastie • Frankreich • Frühe Neuzeit • Heraldik • heraldische Symbole • Herrsachaftsdesign • Königtum • Lilie • Monarchie • Spanien
ISBN-10	3-7995-1092-3 / 3799510923
ISBN-13	978-3-7995-1092-9 / 9783799510929
Zustand	Neuware