Open AccessLa jornada de la reina Mariana de Austria a España: divergencias políticas y tensión protocolar en el seno de la Casa de Austria (1648-1649)
Author(s) -
Luis Tercero Casado
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
hispania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.189
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1988-8368
pISSN - 0018-2141
DOI - 10.3989/hispania.2011.v71.i239.352
Subject(s) - humanities , art
Spain’s isolation at the end of the Thirty Year’s War due to the Empire’s separate signature with France and Sweden in the Peace of Westphalia unleashed brief but intense political turmoil between the two Habsburg branches. Although Philip IV and Mariana of Austria’s marriage was ensured, the new Queen’s journey to Spain brought attention to the failure of another engagement between her brother and Emperor’s son, the King of Hungary Ferdinand, and the Infanta Maria Theresa. Given such context, the trip undoubtedly emphasized the tensions between both European powers