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Spectacle, Rhetoric and Power

The Triumphal Entry of Prince Philip of Spain into Antwerp

 

Stijn Bussels

 

Rodopi, Amsterdam/New York, NY 2012. 258 pp. (Ludus 11)

ISBN: 978-90-420-3471-6                                 Paper

ISBN: 978-94-012-0751-5                                 E-Book

Online info: http://www.rodopi.nl/senj.asp?BookId=LUDUS+11

 

In 1549, Prince Philip of Spain made his entry into Antwerp together with his father, Emperor Charles V. For this occasion the rich city of commerce was transformed into a large theatrical space with triumphal arches and tableaux vivants as stage settings. The citizens and the princes acted as actors in a splendid parade, a battle array of four thousand participants, impressive tournaments and a huge firework display. This resulted in one of the most expensive and impressive festivities of the early modern period.

 

The organizing municipality drew on various theatrical genres in an effort to bring about a renewal in the existing power relations between the Habsburg rulers and themselves, as well as the relations of the rulers with the population. Exactly how the city and the monarch were depicted was illustrative of the precious balance of power between the Habsburgs and the city fathers and of both parties toward their respective subjects. How these power relations were precisely staged in Antwerp is studied in this book.

 

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Sources of the Entry into Antwerp of 1549

A Forum for the Confirmation of Power Relations

The Entry into Antwerp Mirrored in Time and Space

The Antwerp Entry and Studia Humanitatis

Coda

Bibliography

Index

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