Dries Raeymaekers One foot in the palace

the Habsburg Court of Brussels and the politics of access in the reign of Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621

The splendor and enticement of the Archdukes' Court in Brussels The Habsburg Court of Brussels remains one of the few early modern princely courts that have never been thoroughly studied by historians. Yet it offers a unique case, particularly with regard to the first decades of the seventeenth century. Once home to the Dukes of Burgundy, the ancient palace on the Coudenberg hill in Brussels became the principal residence of the Habsburg governors in the Low Countries and, in the period 1598-1621,...

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Engels | 366 pagina's (PDF, 3,1 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2013

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