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Royal confessors in 16th and 17th century Spain

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:25 +0000

The Order of Preachers had a marked presence at the court of the Habsburgs, enjoying full hegemony as royal confessors in the 17th century. This position of great social prestige was the goal of so many years dedicated to the ecclesiastical career, even exceeding, when it was held, the goals of their ecclesiastical work, acquiring in many cases an enormous political weight that should be outside all their legal attributions.
The post of confessor to the king represented one of the most influential positions, since, compared to other members of the court, one had full access to the sovereign. At that time, there were doubts about the way in which the services rendered to the monarch were to be recognised, which was also linked to the role of the royal valides and the consideration that was held between the two positions.
Although the Order of Preachers was present in a wide variety of important positions within the court of the Habsburgs, in the 17th century they occupied almost exclusively the position of confessor to the king. It was during the reigns of Philip III and Charles II when these attributions became an element of friction between the great power groups of the court, essentially due to the continuous dismissal and promotion of confessors, thus affecting broad groups of power.

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The political decadence of the Golden Age. Memory of Spain

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:59 +0000

Episode 14 of the documentary series “Memories of Spain”. In the descriptor that appears on the rtve a la carta website, the following summary is given: Philip III reigns in Spain (1578-1621). He was succeeded by Philip IV (1605-1665). We are in the Golden Age, although the decline of the great Empire that Spain had been soon began. This programme uses images from the TVE archive from the series: ‘Cervantes’ by Alfonso Hungría, ‘Don Quixote’ by Gutiérrez Aragón, ‘El Alcalde de Zalamea’ by Federico Ruiz and ‘El Buscón’ by Luciano Berriatua. It is advised by Ricardo García Cárcel and lasts 44:52 minutes

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Baroque Spain

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:54 +0000

Kairos is an educational project of the National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training of the Ministry of Education, directed by Dr. Antonio Rodríguez de las Heras. Together with methodological contributions aimed at reinforcing the teaching of history, it contains proposals for the development of History content taught in Secondary Education and Baccalaureate. This content refers to the unit “La España del Barroco” for the subject History of Spain Bachillerato (2006).

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17th century Spain

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:48 +0000

Website of Professor Juan Carlos Ocaña which explains the block of contents on “17th century Spain”, adapted to the subject of History of Spain in the Second Baccalaureate (2005), in which the following sections are included: The Habsburgs in the 17th century: rule of the Validates and internal conflicts; the crisis of 1640; 17th century Spain: the decline of the Spanish empire in Europe; 17th century Spain: economic and social evolution in the 17th century; 17th century Spain: cultural splendour. The Golden Age

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