Felipe IV - History Lab https://historylab.es Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:40:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Felipe IV - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Velázquez: a brilliant painter in the service of Philip IV https://historylab.es/velazquez-a-brilliant-painter-in-the-service-of-philip-iv/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=velazquez-a-brilliant-painter-in-the-service-of-philip-iv Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:53:49 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/velazquez-un-pintor-genial-al-servicio-de-felipe-iv/ Short video clips about Velázquez and his work

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]]> Videoclips in which Velázquez’s pictorial career is dealt with very briefly. It also summarises another longer documentary on his life and work in the RNE Documentos collection, to which we refer to https://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/documentos-rne/documentos-rne-velazquez-pintor-genial-servicio-felipe-iv-08-12-18/4878613/. Special mention is made of his life and his relationship with the Court and the King, the support of the Monarch and the role played by the painter in creating an image of the Monarchy and power.

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]]> Louis XIV to d’Embrun, 1 January 1662 https://historylab.es/louis-xiv-to-dembrun-1-january-1662/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=louis-xiv-to-dembrun-1-january-1662 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:35 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/luis-xiv-a-dembrun-1-enero-1662/ Text in which Louis XIV reclaims his hegemony over Spain, thus demanding the priority of his diplomatic corps after the incidents of 1661 in London

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]]> The pre-emption of one nation’s diplomatic corps over another was a gesture denoting the hegemony of one power over another/s during the modern age. For a century and a half the hegemonic power had been in Spain. After 1659, however, France had succeeded in unseating Spanish hegemony, which required a more tangible demonstration of the new French strength. A diplomatic meeting in the English capital between the diplomats of Philip IV and Louis XIV ended in a brawl over the Catholic King’s ambassadors denying precedence to their French counterpart. On hearing of the events, Louis XIV demanded reparation from Philip IV, which was answered by giving precedence to the French diplomatic corps. It was a question of recognising the new power of the France of the Sun King.

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]]> Transfer of the ordinances for the good government of the town of Hellín and the distribution of land for the cattle of the Mesta https://historylab.es/transfer-of-the-ordinances-for-the-good-government-of-the-town-of-hellin-and-the-distribution-of-land-for-the-cattle-of-the-mesta/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=transfer-of-the-ordinances-for-the-good-government-of-the-town-of-hellin-and-the-distribution-of-land-for-the-cattle-of-the-mesta Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:23 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/traslado-de-las-ordenanzas-para-el-buen-gobierno-de-la-villa-de-hellin-y-de-repartimiento-de-tierras-para-los-ganados-de-la-mesta/ Document of the ordinance of the government of the Villa de Hellín and the distribution of lands for the Mesta

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]]> Transfer of the ordinances for the good government of the town of Hellín and the distribution of land for the cattle of the Mesta. The transfer includes:
-Two Royal Provisions of Philip II, addressed to the Council, justices, and aldermen of the town of Hellín, confirming the ordinances of the town and giving licence for their use. Madrid, 1565-11-03 and Madrid, 1561-11-22.
-Petition of the Concejo de la Mesta on the use of land for the use of livestock. 1566-11-02.
-Repartimiento de tierra.
-Register of livestock.

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]]> Philip IV, King of Spain https://historylab.es/philip-iv-king-of-spain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=philip-iv-king-of-spain Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:32 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/felipe-iv-rey-de-espana/ Engraved portrait of a young Philip IV by Cornelis Galle in 1634

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]]> A young Philip IV appears seated on his throne dressed in the attributes of power, flanked by 12 lions holding crowns and sceptres, possibly alluding to Flanders. On the steps is a crowned globe held by an eagle, an allegorical representation of the Spanish Monarchy. At the top is a Latin inscription which, in translation, reads ‘sense of power’. At the bottom is another inscription that translates as ‘knows no occasion’. Thus, the full attribution to the figure of the monarch is completed as ‘The sense of power knows no occasion’.

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