The Spanish Match : Prince Charles's Journey to Madrid, 1623 (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction: The Spanish match, Alexander Samson; Buying the Renaissance: Prince Charles's art purchases in Madrid, 1623, Jerry Brotton; Dress to impress: Prince Charles plays Madrid, March-September 1623, Lesley Ellis Miller; Entertainments in Madrid for the Prince of Wales: political functions of festivities, David SA¡nchez Cano; The greatest news story since the Resurrection? Andres de Almansa y Mendoza's coverage of Prince Charles' Spanish trip, Henry Ettinghausen; 1623 and the politics of translation, Alexander Samson; The Spanish literary response to the visit of Charles, Prince of Wales, Jeremy Robbins; A fairy-tale marriage: Charles and Henrietta Maria's romance, Karen Britland; A French view of the marriage: Abraham Remy's La Galatee ou les adventures du prince Astiages, Marie-Claude Canova-Green; 'I am another woman': the Spanish and French matches in Massinger's The Renegado (1624) and The Unnatural Combat (1624-5), Claire Jowitt; The Black Knight's festival book? Thomas Middelton's A Game at Chess, Trudi Darby; 'Honour conceal'd; strangely reveal'd': the fool and the water-poet, Clare Wikeley; Appendix: Diplomatic representatives from the Hapsburg monarchy to the Court of James VI & I, Roberta Anderson; Index.