El rey quedó sin esposa y nuestra España sin reinala muerte de Margarita de Austria en las relaciones de sucesos y las crónicas de la época
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Universidad de Navarra
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- Luc Torres (coord.)
- Hélène Tropé (coord.)
- Javier Espejo Surós (coord.)
Publisher: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca ; Universidad de Salamanca
ISBN: 978-84-1311-604-4
Year of publication: 2021
Pages: 55-66
Type: Book chapter
Abstract
The queen Margaret of Austria is key to understand the pillars the government of Philip III was based on. The queen always wanted to influence on state’s affairs, but the Duke of Lerma’s manoeuvres limited her attempts. Her death, in 1611, was an event that hit the Hispanic Monarchy, causing great consternation among the subjects.The memory of her death was reported in news pamphlets and in chronicles. The analysis of both sources reveals the queen’s image at her time and how, depending on the literary genre, the queen’s death was treated.