Philip IV and the World of Spain’s Rey Planeta (EPDF) von Stephen M Hart

Did Spain fall into decline or flourish in the seventeenth century?

An Historiographical Introduction to the World of Philip IV - Alexander Samson
PART I: BEHIND THE SCENES
'Perceptions of Kingship: Governing with and without a valido' - Alistair Malcolm
'Spain's Seventeenth-Century Crisis Seen from the Perspective of the New World' - Guillermo Mira Delli-Zotti
'Naples versus the Neapolitans: The Political Role of the Viceroy during the Crisis of the Viceregal System (1637-1647)' - Marina Perruca Gracia
'St Rose of Lima as Exemplar of the Political Health of Philip IV's Kingdoms (1630s-1660s)' - Stephen M. Hart
Two 'Prophets' and One Confessor: Philip IV's Spiritual Stage in 1643-1644 - Gianfranco Armando and Alberto Pérez Camarma
'Smugglers, Thieves and Fraudsters: Francisco de León and the Seville Revolt of 1652' - Fred Carnegy-Arbuthnott
PART II: ON THE WORLD STAGE
'Staging the Planet King: Apotheosis and Glory' - Julio Vélez Sainz
'Do You Paint, or Give Life? The Power of Diego Velázquez's Lifelike Portraits of Philip IV' - R.T.C. Goodwin
'Heroic Virtue: The Cardinal Infante Don Ferdinand of Austria, in Hunting Dress, Prince of the Celestial Habsburg Army' - Isabel-María Lloret-Sos
'The Portrayal of Mariana of Austria as Archduchess and Spanish Queen' - Mercedes Llorente
'The King, the Palace and the Cabinet: Knowledge on Display' - Virginia Ghelarducci
'Between the Picaresque and the Picturesque: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) Visualising Spain in an Age of Decline?' - Alexander Samson