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

  1. Jesús Dorado Blanco 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Navarra
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    Universidad de Navarra

    Pamplona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02rxc7m23

Book:
Metamorfosis y memoria del evento. El acontecimiento en las relaciones de sucesos europeas de los siglos XVI al XVIII: Actas del IX Coloquio de la Sociedad Internacional de Relaciones de Sucesos (Rennes, 18-21 de septiembre de 2019)
  1. Luc Torres (coord.)
  2. Hélène Tropé (coord.)
  3. 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

DOI: 10.14201/0AQ03195566 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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.