The ‘Spanish Chapel’ of Philip II

1952 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Isabel Pope
Keyword(s):  
Philip Ii ◽  
Royal Court ◽  
Charles V ◽  
Introductory Section ◽  
Keyboard Music

In the introductory section of La Música en la Corte de Carlos V (Barcelona, 1944), Dr. Higinio Anglés published a series of documents from the Archives at Simancas which showed that a Chapel composed exclusively of Spanish musicians was attached to the Royal Court of Spain as early as 1526 and existed simultaneously with the Emperor's Flemish Chapel from that time. The Spanish Chapel was established by the Empress, Isabel of Portugal, the wife of Charles V, who acted as his regent during his many and prolonged absences from Spain. While the Flemish Chapel regularly accompanied the Emperor on his journeys, the chapel of the Empress belonged to her household and remained permanently in Spain. It is interesting to note the name of Antonio de Cabezón in the first list of cantors of this chapel. The name of the great composer of keyboard music appeared continuously among the musicians attached to the Royal Court until he died in 1566.

scholarly journals Lancastrians, Tudors, and World War II: British and German Historical Films as Propaganda, 1933–1945

Arts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
William B. Robison
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
English Language ◽  
Private Life ◽  
World War ◽  
Henry V ◽  
Joan Of Arc ◽  
Philip Ii ◽  
Tudor England ◽  
Charles V ◽  
Historical Films

In World War II the Allies and Axis deployed propaganda in myriad forms, among which cinema was especially important in arousing patriotism and boosting morale. Britain and Germany made propaganda films from Hitler’s rise to power in 1933 to the war’s end in 1945, most commonly documentaries, historical films, and after 1939, fictional films about the ongoing conflict. Curiously, the historical films included several about fifteenth and sixteenth century England. In The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), director Alexander Korda—an admirer of Winston Churchill and opponent of appeasement—emphasizes the need for a strong navy to defend Tudor England against the ‘German’ Charles V. The same theme appears with Philip II of Spain as an analog for Hitler in Arthur B. Wood’s Drake of England (1935), William Howard’s Fire Over England (1937), parts of which reappear in the propaganda film The Lion Has Wings (1939), and the pro-British American film The Sea Hawk (1940). Meanwhile, two German films little known to present-day English language viewers turned the tables with English villains. In Gustav Ucicky’s Das Mädchen Johanna (Joan of Arc, 1935), Joan is the female embodiment of Hitler and wages heroic warfare against the English. In Carl Froelich’s Das Herz der Königin (The Heart of a Queen, 1940), Elizabeth I is an analog for an imperialistic Churchill and Mary, Queen of Scots an avatar of German virtues. Finally, to boost British morale on D-Day at Churchill’s behest, Laurence Olivier directed a masterly film version of William Shakespeare’s Henry V (1944), edited to emphasize the king’s virtues and courage, as in the St. Crispin’s Day speech with its “We few, we proud, we band of brothers”. This essay examines the aesthetic appeal, the historical accuracy, and the presentist propaganda in such films.

scholarly journals Antecedentes de la reforma monetaria de Felipe II de 1566 a través del proyecto de Francisco de Almaguer y Diego de Carrera

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
María del Mar Royo Martínez
Keyword(s):  
European Countries ◽  
Monetary Reform ◽  
Philip Ii ◽  
Charles V

De todos es bien conocida la reforma monetaria que en el año 1566 acometió Felipe II en Castilla, mediante la cual se pusieron en circulación diferentes especies de vellón rico, al tiempo que el escudo de oro incrementaba su estimación. Esta reforma, efectuada en un momento en el que la Hacienda castellana padecía enormes dificultades, fue sin embargo el resultado de la aplicación de numerosos proyectos y arbitrios que, en los últimos años del reinado de Carlos V, presentaron a la Corona prestigiosos hombres de finanzas de todo el reino, intentando sanear todo el numerario de Castilla e igualarlo con el del resto de los países del entorno europeo.Everybody is well acquainted with ttie monetary reform undertook by Philip II in Castile in 1566, throug which "Ricfi vellón» coins were put into circulation, and the gold escudo increased its valué. This reform, carried out at a time wtien the Castilian Treasury underwent serious difficulties, was the result of putting into effect numerous projects and plans submited to the crown during the last years of the reign of Charles V by prestigious finance men, in an attempt to stabilize the castilian numerary and adjust it to that of the rest of the European countríes.

Christians, Jews and Muslims in the Same Society: The Fall of Convivencia in Medieval Spain

1978 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 121-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Highfield
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Medieval Spain ◽  
Philip Ii ◽  
Charles V ◽  
Crown Of Aragon ◽  
Christian Brothers ◽  
The Government ◽  
Council Of State

On 1 March 1492 the Jews were expelled from Spain. Ten years later the Moorish inhabitants of Castile were offered the alternative of conversion or emigration. The fate of the Moors in the kingdoms of the Crown of Aragon was deferred until the reign of the emperor Charles V. But though he kept the inquisition out of Aragon for forty years, he did not succeed in reconciling his Morisco subjects with their Christian brothers. Philip II failed much more notably. For his policy stimulated the great Morisco revolt of 1568–70. Thereafter they were scattered round the kingdom in a forced diaspora. In 1582 their expulsion was proposed in the council of state. Finally in 1609–10 the government of Philip III, chastened by the twelve years truce in the Netherlands, set about the expulsion of all the three hundred thousand or so Moriscos who remained.

scholarly journals Collision of Royal Law and local fueros in the process of the Spanish state formation in XVI century on the example of the Antonio Perez case

2018 ◽  
pp. 22-25
Author(s):  
Elena Kalínina
Keyword(s):  
State Formation ◽  
The State ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
The Political ◽  
Roman Emperor ◽  
Concrete Case ◽  
Philip Ii ◽  
Charles V ◽  
The Law ◽  
Legal Processes

In this article, the Author uses the concrete case of Antonio Perez, the ex-secretary of the king Philip II of Spain, to demonstrate the course of the Spanish state formation and the integration of the Law and State with its problems and contradictions. The object of this study is to research the mentioned process in theory and in reality, because they are different. In theory, the process of the State formation comes to its end in the epoch of the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella governing. Later, in the epoch of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Spain was the Empire yet. However, in the epoch of Philip II the unity and integrity of the new sate are in danger, because the case of Antonio Peres demonstrates that customary law as fueros, privileges and time-honoured traditions are able to survive the political and legal processes.

scholarly journals The power of marvellous objects

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Ciulisová
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Fourteenth Century ◽  
Roman Emperor ◽  
Royal Court ◽  
Charles V ◽  
King Of France ◽  
Precious Stones ◽  
Louis Ix

Abstract This paper explores the interest of Charles IV of Luxembourg (1316–1378), King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, in collecting gemstones, which has hitherto been little studied. It analyses this interest in connection with the fourteenth-century French royal court, and especially with the collecting activities of Charles V of Valois (1338–1380), King of France. Both of these sovereigns had an interest in ancient gems and they used them in the same manner; their practices prove to have been inspired by the reinvented traditions of the saintly Capetian monarch Louis IX, King of France, and of the ancient Roman Empire. This study shows how Charles of Luxembourg and Charles of Valois sought out and used precious and semi-precious stones as instruments of their royal self-images and claims to power.

Introduction

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Jaap R. Bruijn
Keyword(s):  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Fiscal Policies ◽  
Philip Ii ◽  
Charles V ◽  
Dutch Revolt ◽  
Arbitrary Rule ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Provincial Autonomy

During the Middle Ages a number of territories within the boundaries of the modern Netherlands, Belgium and northern France each developed similar ruling institutions in the form of local parliaments or states. In the fifteenth century, the dukes of Burgundy succeeded in joining most of these territories together under a single ruler, but the tradition of provincial autonomy remained strong. At long last, the Habsburg emperor Charles V (who reigned 1515-1555) ruled all the territories, seventeen in number. The seat of the central government was established at Brussels, with the rights of the provincial institutions being largely oppressed in favour of the Brussels' court. From 1556 onwards, however, Charles V's son and successor, King Philip II of Spain, and his governors rekindled the old spirit of provincial opposition against centralized rule by pursuing fierce religious and fiscal policies. The Protestant iconoclasm of 1566 shook the foundations of their power and caused Philip to install the Duke of Alba as his military governor. Alba's high-handed and arbitrary rule subsequently provoked the Dutch revolt. In 1572, after some initial disturbances, the provincial ruling States of Holland and Zeeland, under the leadership of William of Orange (the Silent), launched a revolt against Alba that soon gained the support of other provinces. A long and fierce struggle ensued, finally to result in the birth of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces, comprising Holland, Zeeland and the five other northern provinces of Utrecht, Gelderland, Overijssel, Groningen and Friesland....

The Changing Face of Empire: Charles V, Philip II and Habsburg Authority, 1551-1559.

1990 ◽  
Vol 95 (4) ◽  
pp. 1243
Author(s):  
Peter Pierson ◽  
M. J. Rodriguez-Salgado
Keyword(s):  
Philip Ii ◽  
Charles V
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