by Carmelo Lisón Tolosana · Espasa-Calpe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423972494
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«La imagen del rey» is the historical essay by Carmelo Lisón Tolosana, published by Espasa-Calpe in paperback (219 pages, in Spanish).
It analyses how the monarchy of the House of Habsburg constructed and represented power through rituals, ceremonies and symbols. The essay studies the public image of the king in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain and its social function, starting from Lisón Tolosana's reception speech at the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences and the response by Salustiano del Campo Urbano.
Austral Collection (no. 249). The text reproduces the author's reception speech at the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, with a response by Salustiano del Campo Urbano, and includes bibliographical references.
Work aimed at readers interested in the history of Spain, political thought and the ceremonial of the Habsburg court.
