Early Modern Habsburg Women: Transnational Contexts, Cultural Conflicts, Dynastic Continuities

Contents: Introduction, Anne J. Cruz Part I Transnational and Transcultural Ties: 'Bella gerant alii': Laodamia's sisters/Habsburg brides: leaving home for the sake of the house, Joseph F. Patrouch Maria Maddalena, Archduchess of Austria and Grand Duchess of Florence: negotiating performance, traditions and taste, Maria Galli Stampino The three lives of Margherita of Savoy-Gonzaga, Duchess of Mantua and Vicereine of Portugal, Blythe Alice Raviola. Part II Epistolary and Spatial Power: 'Lord of my soul': the letters of Catalina Micaela, Duchess of Savoy, to her husband, Carlo Emanuele I, Magdalena S. Sanchez An illegitimate Habsburg: Sor Ana Dorotea de la Concepcion, Marquise of Austria, Vanessa de Cruz Medina From Castile to Burgundy: the evolution of the queens' households during the 16th century, Felix Labrador Arroyo. Part III Birthing Habsburgs: Giving birth at the Habsburg court: visual and material culture, Maria Cruz de Carlos Varona Habsburg motherhood: the power of Mariana of Austria, mother and regent for Carlos II of Spain, Silvia Z. Mitchell. Part IV Visual and Sartorial Politics: Mariana of Austria's portraits as ruler-governor and curadora by Juan Carreno de Miranda and Claudio Coello, Mercedes Llorente Isabel of Borbon's sartorial politics: from French princess to Habsburg regent, Laura Olivan Santaliestra The making and meaning of the monastic habit at Spanish Habsburg courts, Cordula van Wyhe Index.