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CHAPTERI
TefestivalbooksandtheHabsburgEmpire:
powerandperformance
VíctorMínguez
JaumeIUniversity
TeHabsburgEmpire-understood,asthehugeterritoriesruledby
onefamilyduringtheModernAge-wasaspecifcsequenceofpolitical
entitiesofdilerentlegalnatureandwithdilerentcentresofauthority.
Duringthesecondhalfofthe15thcenturyandthebeginningofthe16thcen-
turyFrederickIIIandMaximilianIruledtheHolyRomanEmpire.During
thefrsthalfofthe16thcentury,CharlesVruledtheAtlanticandMediter-
raneanEmpire.AfertheabdicationofCharlesVin1555theHabsburgs
weredividedintotwoparallelcourts,inViennaandinMadrid:theformer
continuedrulingtheHolyRomanEmpireuntil1809;thelatterestablished
theUniversalMonarchyofPhilipIIandthen,duringthe17thcentury,the
CatholicMonarchyoftheSpanishHabsburgs.
Teelectiveruleoveraglobalterritoryandoceanthatlasted200
years,waspossiblethankstoafamilypact,totheintelligentexploitation
oftheCounter-ReformationProvidentialism,tothefeetsandarmies-
galleys,galleons,regiments,andcitadelsthatdefendedthelongborders
fromexternalenemies,andtoefcientandstrictpropagandasystem,
whichguaranteedtheloyaltyofthemillionsofsubjectsofallracesand
languagesinhabitingthelandsbelongingtothatterritory.Tispersuasive
mechanismwasbasedoncarefulstagingofobjectsandimagesattheser-
viceofdynasticpowerinpalatialscenes(reinforcedbytheconsecrationof
ceremoniesandetiquette).Amongthesetools,therewastheexploitation