Early modern Spain

(2005) Anatomical theatres and the teaching of anatomy in early modern Spain

by Jose Pardo-Tomas

Review of Adriano Prosperi, Il seme dell'intolleranza. Ebrei, eretici, selvaggi: Granada 1492, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2011

by Daniele Santarelli

See: http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/view_by_stamp.php?&halsid=9ftkrlelale6ugkvtksga8a9r5&label=SHS&langue=fr&action_todo=view&id=halshs-00693974&version=2&view=short_view

1492: l’anno della scoperta dell’America che una lunga tradizione di periodizzazioni pone all’inizio dell’età moderna.... more 1492: l’anno della scoperta dell’America che una lunga tradizione di periodizzazioni pone all’inizio dell’età moderna. Gli eventi e le conseguenze di quell’anno memorabile sono al centro di questa breve ma densa sintesi/riflessione di Adriano Prosperi, divisa in tre parti, di cui la prima è significativamente intitolata “Alle origini dell’antisemitismo” ...

An example of collaboration between the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions: The Trials of the Converso Diogo Ramos and his Family (1680-1683)

by François Soyer

Bioarchaeological Investigations of health and demography in Medieval Asturias, Spain

by Nicholas Passalacqua

Dissertation

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of political and economic change on the health of people living... more The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of political and economic change on the health of people living in predominantly rural communities of Medieval Asturias, Spain from
~900-1800 AD. This project examines the remains of ~325 individuals recovered from 12 Medieval Christian church cemeteries located within the historically and politically defined
boundaries of Asturias, Spain.

Iberia has a rich written history beginning with the first Romans to enter the peninsula and describe the peoples they encountered (Collins 2000). This history became more detailed as time progressed with multiple histories of events being recorded in the Medieval Period by different parties (Linehan 1993). Unfortunately, as is common in Medieval histories, these documents concern only the key individuals involved in large political events. The average individual has no written history, nor is there an anecdotal summary of what peasant life was like in Medieval Asturias. Due to this dearth of information, this dissertation takes a historical bioarchaeology approach using what information is available from the historical narrative relating to Medieval Asturias, in order to approach issues of the economy, inferred gender, and familial status roles and their relationship to pathological markers found in the human skeletal
remains of this population.

Due to the often rushed nature of salvage archaeological methods, much contextual evidence was lost during excavation of many of these sites. Further the acidic mountainous soils of Asturias often result in poorly preserved skeletal material. Here these pitfalls will be addressed using two unique approaches: (1) this project will examine life histories of the general rural population of Medieval Asturias at the regional level. This will be achieved by aggregating all individuals from the available archaeological sites, and directing hypotheses at regularities at
the regional scale. (2) In order to tackle the issue of poor or differential preservation of human remains, this project will employ new maximum likelihood statistical procedures specifically
designed to handle missing data and generate probability statements. It should be noted that while the robust statistical approaches taken here will focus on region-level analyses, they could also be applied to large well documented sites in future investigations.

Results demonstrate that while historians (e.g. Kamen 1991; Lynch 1992; Ortiz 1971; Ruiz 2007) suggest rampant collapse and crisis throughout much of the later Medieval and Spanish Empire periods, the biology of the individuals from the same time shows no record of significant increases in stress or disease. Many other scholars (e.g. Bennett 2005; Miller 2003; Lopez et al. 2012) suggest the patriarchal nature of Medieval and Imperial Spain resulted in negative health outcomes for females in comparison to their male counterparts, but this is again not detected in the present examination of the skeletal biology. Finally, historians (e.g. Bango Toviso 1992) and mortuary anthropologists (e.g. Naji 2005; Ivison 1993; Effros 1997) alike argue that the practice of ad sanctos burial favored those high status individuals who were most regarded in the community, for prestigious burial locations within churches, but these results found no significant differences in terms of mortality (risk of dying at younger ages) or the development of physiological stress markers.

'El famosísimo reino de Andalucía: Representación y descripción del espacio andaluz (siglos XVI-XVIII)

by Manuel Peña Díaz

Trocadero, 21-22 (2009-2010)

Este artículo nos habla sobre la configuración tardía de la región de Andalucía, tal como la conocemos hoy, proceso... more Este artículo nos habla sobre la configuración tardía de la región de Andalucía, tal como la conocemos hoy, proceso que culminará en la segunda mitad del XVIII. Rastrea, particularmente, su configuración territorial, a través de un estudio minucioso de la cartografía de la región durante el siglo XVII. Describe el proceso de mitificación del territorio a partir de elementos culturales tales como la civilización tartésica, la colonización romana, la presencia musulmana y la reconquista cristiana.

"Sicilia no consiente medianía en el que gobierna". La dura prova di Osuna come viceré di un'isola

by Bruno Pomara Saverino

published in "Cultura della guerra e arti della pace. Il III Duca di Osuna in Sicilia e a Napoli (1611-1620)", dir. by Encarnación Sánchez García, Tullio Pironti Editore, 2012, pp. 169-177

Solomon, Michael R. (2009) "Spectacles of Erudition: Physicians and Vernacular Medical Writing in Early Modern Spain"

by Michael Solomon

Solomon, Michael R. (2009) "Spectacles of Erudition: Physicians and Vernacular Medical Writing in Early Modern Spain," Digital Proceedings of the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 6.

This electronic presentation explores the curious typography in the sixteenth-century Brocar edition of Luis Lobera de... more This electronic presentation explores the curious typography in the sixteenth-century Brocar edition of Luis Lobera de Avila’s vernacular hygienic treatise The Garden of Health or Otherwise Called The Knights’ Banquette with a Regimen for Living in Times of Health as Well as in Times of Disease [Vergel de sanidad que por otro nombre se llamava Banquete de cavalleros, y orden de Bivir: ansi en tiempo de sanidad como de enfermedad] ( Alcalá de Henares 1542). Whereas sixteenth-century vernacular medical treatises written for laymen avoided the extensive use of Latin, which vernacular medical authors believed impeded the usefulness of their treatises, the Brocar edition surrounds the Spanish text with abundant commentary and gloss in Latin that often overwhelms the vernacular. I argue that the widespread presence of Latin in this layman-oriented treatise was designed as an indexical device that helped the reader image the physician. Rather than distract or discourage the patient, as many vernacular authors believed, the Latin commentary created a visual residue of the physician/author and an uncanny sense of his lingering presence. This textual presencing of the physician was designed to comfort and reassure non-professional readers, confirming for them that the medical information in the vernacular was grounded in the knowledge of a competent and learned medical professional.

Caballeros imperiales en las órdenes castellanas: La mediación de Baltasar de Zúñiga

by Rubén González Cuerva

La biografía de Baltasar de Zúñiga (1561-1622) ofrece un excelente modelo de ascenso cortesano a través de las órdenes... more La biografía de Baltasar de Zúñiga (1561-1622) ofrece un excelente modelo de ascenso cortesano a través de las órdenes militares. Segundón del conde de Monterrey, don Baltasar fue el primer miembro de su linaje en obtener un hábito de caballero, debido a los manifiestos antecedentes de bastardía en su familia. Gracias a una vida dedicada al servicio de la Corona, primero en la carrera militar y después en distintos cargos diplomáticos, logró ascender en la Orden de Santiago hasta ocupar una de sus principales dignidades, la de Comendador mayor de León. Sin embargo, la relación de Zúñiga con las órdenes militares tiene una faceta mucho más interesante gracias a su labor de embajador de Felipe III ante el Imperio entre 1608 y 1617. Desde este puesto, se marcó como uno de sus principales objetivos tejer una red renovada de clientes del Rey Católico en la Corte Imperial, que tenía en los hábitos de las órdenes castellanas una de sus principales señales de identidad.

Italia y la Casa de Austria en los prolegómenos de la Guerra de los Treinta Años

by Rubén González Cuerva

El conflicto que marcó el siglo XVII y la evolución política, ideológica y socioeconómica de la Europa moderna tuvo un... more El conflicto que marcó el siglo XVII y la evolución política, ideológica y socioeconómica de la Europa moderna tuvo un amplio abanico de causas y condicionantes. Entre ellos hay una constante fundamental, que es la firmeza y unidad de uno de los bandos enfrentados, el liderado por la Casa de Austria. Su peculiaridad residía en que estaba dividido en dos ramas, la hispana y la imperial, que colaboraron con una destacada sintonía. Pero para llegar a este clima de colaboración fue precisa una fase precedente de confluencia de intereses y polarización de las posiciones, que tuvo por protagonista al escenario italiano. Este fue el verdadero laboratorio del acercamiento de las cortes de Madrid y Viena.

La mediación entre las dos cortes de la Casa de Austria: Baltasar de Zúñiga

by Rubén González Cuerva

Para explicar la respuesta que se articuló desde la Corte española a la crisis de autoridad del emperador Rodolfo II... more Para explicar la respuesta que se articuló desde la Corte española a la crisis de autoridad del emperador Rodolfo II (1576-1612) y el progresivo camino hacia la Guerra de los Treinta Años, vamos a tomar por hilo de referencia al embajador de Felipe III en Praga, Baltasar de Zúñiga. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar su papel como mediador entre las cortes de la Casa de Austria en Madrid y Praga. Su relevancia estriba en la calidad y variedad de lazos político que centralizó. En estos años críticos, don Baltasar era el único ministro español con la suficiente autoridad y conocimiento como para forzar definitivamente el rumbo de la Monarquía hispana a una estrategia bélica global basada en la defensa de la Casa de Austria.

“‘Tened … que no soy Ecce-Homo”: El Buscón, el inconsciente político y la nuda vida

by Robert Folger

Narrar la pluralidad cultural: Crisis de modernidad y funciones de lo popular en la novela de lengua española.Ed. Max Grosse and Wolfgang Matzat. Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert; Madrid: Iberoamericana, 2012. 67-95.

Itinerari di ambasciatori veneziani alla corte di Carlo V

by Daniele Santarelli

« Medioevo Adriatico », II, 2008, p. 121-152

A proposito della guerra di Paolo IV contro il Regno di Napoli: le relazioni di papa Carafa con la Repubblica di Venezia e la sua condotta nei confronti di Carlo V e …

by Daniele Santarelli

«Annali dell’Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Storici», XXI, 2005, p. 69-111

El papado de Pablo IV (1555-1559), las relaciones con Venecia y España y el cambio de orientación político-religiosa de las élites eclesiásticas italianas y españolas

by Daniele Santarelli

« Mágina », XII, 2008, p. 65-76

Dal conflitto all'"alleanza di ferro". A proposito delle relazioni tra il Papato e la Spagna nella crisi religiosa del Cinquecento

by Daniele Santarelli

"Studi Storici Luigi Simeoni", LXII, 2012 (forthcoming)

De la douleur au sang: la sanctification par la discipline

by Antoine Roullet

De la corruption du corps à la transformation de l'âme: la couleur du visage des religieuses

by Antoine Roullet

De Castilla a Michoacán. La obra de Gutierre González en la educación del siglo XVI

by Amparo López Arandia

Published in Revista Antropología Experimental, 10 (2010), pp. 129-147

Gutierre González (¿?-¿1527?) was one of the castilian priests who lived in Rome at the beginning of the 16th century.... more Gutierre González (¿?-¿1527?) was one of the castilian priests who lived in Rome at the beginning of the 16th century. He became different works in the curial court.
He wrote an educational treat, entitled Libro de doctrina christiana, which was writen for the school he founded in his born-city. However, his book not only was used there, but also in the Occidental Indias, by some projects like Vasco de Quiroga’s in Michoacán (Mexico).

Dominicos en la corte de los Austrias: el confesor del rey

by Amparo López Arandia

in Tiempos Modernos, vol. 7, 20 (2010), pp. 1-30

This article analyses the activity of the Preacher’s Order in the
Habsburg’s court. We study the hegemony in the... more This article analyses the activity of the Preacher’s Order in the
Habsburg’s court. We study the hegemony in the royal confessional during the 17th century. This trade symbolizes the zenith for an ecclesiastic career in the religious order,
but also in the court environment. By the other hand, the role of these religiouses went beyond the ecclesiastic mission to acquire a great political power. In this context, two
questions are especially important: the relationship between confessors and validos, and the opinion of the contemporaries about the activity of the confessors: between the
critism and the "auto-propaganda".

Le refus de la couleur: corps et mystique en Espagne au XVIe siècle

by Antoine Roullet