Signs of Power in Habsburg Spain and the New World

Signs of Power in Habsburg Spain and the New World consists of ten chapters that examine the representation of political, economic, military and symbolic power both in Spain and the New World under the Habsburgs.

Jason McCloskey is assistant professor of Spanish at Bucknell University. His research focuses on Renaissance artwork, classical mythology and the portrayal of exploration and piracy in early modern Hispanic poetry. Ignacio López Alemany is assistant professor of Spanish at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and editor of Calíope, Journal of the Society for the Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry.

Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Part I.Myths of Power One - Titian, Philip II, and Pagan Iconography Anne J. Cruz Two - Visual Eroticism, Poetic Voyeurism: Ekphrasis and the Complexities of Patronage in Góngora's Fabula de Polifemo y Galatea Lucia Binotti Three - Hercules and the Statue Garden: Sansón Carrasco's Ekphrastic and Imperial Contests in Don Quijote II.14 Frederick A. de Armas Four - The Legend of Marus Curtius Romanus as a Sign of auctoritas in Early Modern Spain Ignacio López Alemany Part II.Challenges for Power Five - Coins, Value and Trust: The Problematic of Vellón in Seventeenth-Century Spanish Culture Elvira Vilches Six - Tampering with Signs of Power: Juan de Palafox, Historiography, and the Limits of Heraldry John Slater Seven - Antonio Pérez and the Power of Treason Ana María G. Laguna Eight - Ius gentium and Just War: The Problem of Representation in Inca Garcilaso's Royal Commentaries José A. Cárdenas Bunsen Nine - The Politics of Salvation in El Greco's Escorial Paintings and Cervantes's LaNumancia E. C. Graf Ten - Spain Succored by Religion: Titian and Lope de Vega's La Dragontea Jason McCloskey Bibliography Index About the Contributors