Introduction. Rhetoric of the Royal Favour, Familiarity and Space Management
Abstract
This introductory essay of our dossier devoted to the Spanish Royal Favourites starts with the analysis of the Rhetoric of Power provided by the marble sculpture erected in honour to the Duke of Lerma in Denia (1613). In its pedestal, here used as cover illustration, we find the allegories of prosperous Fortune and Fame holding the celestial globe over the Duke’s coat of arms, in order to perform the success of the Royal Favourite sharing with the King the political weight of the global government of the Spanish Monarchy, as a new Hercules (the Royal Favourite) relieving the Titan Atlas (the King). These allegories are frequent in the symbolic representation of the favourite ministers in Early Modern Europe. In framing the ten essays of our dossier, is added a reflexion about some key issues and research lines on the study of the royal favourites, underlaying the necessity of consider aspects like their familiarity, or their leadership in the management and shaping of court spaces.
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