It's a Spanish-language TV show covering the reign of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Might not be the best place to ask, but I haven't seen much discourse on the show elsewhere, I think it looks good. Would anyone recommend it? It seems the Tudors also feature (Henry VIII is on the right).
Did Catherine of Aragon keep in touch with her sisters Joanna and Maria while she was (Dowager) Princess of Wales and later Queen of England? I haven't been able to find much written about their relationships or any correspondence, so I'd appreciate any resources on the topic.
Joanna was obviously soon barred from power by her father Ferdinand after her husband Philip's death, and then confined at Tordesillas, so while it's certainly unlikely Catherine could have done much, if anything, to help her, I still wonder if there are any signs that Catherine showed interest in or concern for her sister.
But then again, Catherine was still quite young when Joanna left for the Low Countries in 1496, and their 1506 meeting was comparatively brief, so it's likely that they weren't exactly close in the first place and Catherine might not have felt that attached to Joanna (and also, Catherine was obedient to her father, so maybe she wouldn't want to go past him?).
I'm also curious about Catherine and Maria's relationship. They were closer in age and stayed with their parents for longer, so I would expect more evidence of contact. However, Maria was also almost continually pregnant as Queen of Portugal and wasn't said to be very politically active, so maybe there wasn't too much chance or need for them to maintain their relationship or correspond before Maria's untimely death in 1517.
This is a posthumous portrait of Princess Mary Stuart (1631–1660) and a servant, painted around 1664 by the Dutch Baroque painter Adriaen Hanneman. The painting is currently displayed at the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands.
Mary is ready for a fancy-dress ball and wears a white dress, an ostrich feather turban and a Brazilian feathered cloak. Her servant is fastening a string of pearls, but Mary seems not to notice him. The black boy is reduced to an ‘exotic’ accessory, with which Hanneman emphasizes Mary’s white skin and elevated position.
I've recently seen this painting and found it fascinating. Was the inclusion of Black attendants a common motif in Dutch aristocratic portraiture of this period? What was the function of these paintings symbolically or socially, other than to emphasise status? I'm also curious how Black figures were typically portrayed by other painters in the 17th-century Dutch Republic, if anybody knows.
On 14 August 1514, when Anne Boleyn was in Mechelen at the court of Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands, Thomas Boleyn wrote this letter to Margaret requesting permission for his daughter, referred to in the letter as la petitte Boulain, to return to England with the escort he had sent. She was to accompany Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, who was due to leave for France to marry Louis XII. According to Thomas Boleyn, Mary Tudor had specifically requested Anne’s presence in her entourage, and he admitted that “to this request I could not, nor did I know how to refuse”.
This is the transcript of the letter (in French):
“Ma treschiere et tres redoubtee dame dans sy humble cuer quil mest possible a votre bonne grace me recommande. II vous playra a savoir comment la seur du Roy mon maistre madame marie Reyne fyancee de France ma requyse davoir avecques elle ma fille la petitte Boulain laquelle ma tresredoubtee dame est a present avecques vous en votre court a laquelle requeste je nay peult ne sceut refuzer nullement sy est ma tresredoubtee dame que je vous supplie treshumblement quil vous plaise de donner et octroyer congiet a ma fille de povoir retourner pardevers moy avecques mes gens lesquelz jay envoyet devers vous a ceste cause ma tresredoubte dame je me tiens fort obligiet envers votre bonne grace a cause de la grant honneur que fait aves a ma fille et que ne mest possible a desservir devers votre bonne grace non obstant que je ne dezire aultre chose synon queje vous puisse faire auleun service agreable ce que jespere de faire encores cy en apros au plaisir de dieu auquel je prie ma tresredoubtee dame quil vous doinst lentier accomplissement de vos nobles et bon dcsirs escript desoubz mon signe manuel a la court royalle de Grynewiths en engleterre, le xiiii jour daoust anno xv et xiiii.
Votre treshumble serviteur, Sr Thomas Boleyn.”
The original letter hasn't been seen since 1895, when it was sold at Sotheby's auctioneers in London, though at the time, a transcript was made and published. The image shown here appears to be a Victorian facsimile-style reproduction of the original manuscript rather than the original itself.
Klemens von Metternich: 15 May 1773 – 11 June 1859
Louis XV: 15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774
Wilhelm II: 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941
Between 1554 and 1558, England was ruled by Mary I and Scotland was governed by regent Mary of Guise on behalf of her daughter Mary, Queen of Scots. There weren't any major military engagements between the two countries in this period, as both had plenty of domestic problems and England also became involved in the war against France from 1557 on.
That said, I'm curious about the working/political relationship between Mary I and Mary of Guise themselves. Both were Catholic rulers dealing with the Reformation, yet they were on opposite sides when it came to France, with Mary of Guise relying heavily on French support and Mary I pursuing a pro-Spanish policy.
Did they hold any correspondence with one another, or was it indirect through ambassadors? Mary I did correspond with Mary, Queen of Scots briefly, but I'm not sure if she did with Mary of Guise. I know they've never met, but how might they have seen one another?
Mogoče je malo long shot, ampak me zanima, če ve kdo za kakšne kvalitetne zgodovinske knjige z vidika Slovenije/Slovencev v obdobju med Napoleonom in prvo svetovno vojno. Predvsem iščem sicer o Sloveniji pod Avstrijskim cesarstvom in Avstro-Ogrsko v 19. stoletju, lahko pa tudi kaj širše ali bolj splošno, tudi v angleščini ali nemščini.