Cultural exchanges between the courts of the Iberian Peninsula and the Habsburg Netherlands (fifteenth\u2009\u2013\u2009sixteenth Centuries).<\/p>\n
During the fifteenth century, the Dukes of Burgundy maintained numerous ties and staged frequent encounters with representatives of the Hispanic kingdoms across a range of cultural and political contexts. As a result a reciprocal cultural bond evolved between the court cultures of these two geographical areas. This initial phase of contact was enabled by the rise to power of Mary of Burgundy and Maximilian I of Habsburg in the Netherlands: it was stipulated that their heirs should marry those of the kings of Castile and Aragon. As a result, the marriage of Mary and Maximilian led to the emergence of a powerful composite monarchy during the second decade of the sixteenth century, one that comprised a set of distinct administrative and legal systems. It was overlaid with a coherent court ritual, combining aspects derived from both the Netherlands and Iberia, as well as the other territories that made up the Hispanic Monarchy. As a result, throughout the sixteenth century the Low Countries became one of the principal cultural centres within this monarchy, and there were frequent cultural exchanges between the Netherlandish court\u2014firstly in Mechelen, and then in Brussels\u2014and the monarchy\u2019s central court.<\/p>\n
The aim of this conference is to analyse the cultural relationships between the evolved between Iberian and the Netherlandish courts during the late fifteenth century and on throughout the sixteenth century, in order to develop a deeper understanding of the diverse forms of cultural impact that resulted, and their consequences for interaction between these regions. By taking an interdisciplinary methodological focus, embracing the latest research by historians, art historians and architectural historians, this scholarly event seeks to engage with the recent academic debate and research on the social phenomenon of cultural reciprocity. For this purpose, the conference seeks to analyse issues related to ceremonial, ritual, court structures, diplomacy, the visual arts and social relations, and likewise offer a deeper understanding of the mechanics of court culture, and the deployment of visual culture to promote Habsburg universalism across a range of European territories.<\/p>\n
Wednesday 25.10.2023<\/p>\n
MS Teams Day 1:<\/p>\n
14.30 Reception Thursday 26.10.2023<\/p>\n MS Teams Day 2:<\/p>\n 10.00 – 11.00 Court festivities and rituals<\/span> Friday 27.10.2023<\/p>\n MS Teams Day 3:<\/p>\n 12.00 – 13.30 Cultural exchange through trade and travel<\/span> The registration is available on the website: https:\/\/eventos.urjc.es\/102914\/detail\/congreso-cultural-exchanges-between-the-courts-of-the-iberian-peninsula-and-the-habsburg-netherland.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\n15.00 Conference Opening
\n15.10 – 16.30 Court structure and ceremonial<\/span>
\n15.10 Court Cultural Exchanges on Royal Works between the Habsburg Netherlands and the Iberian Peninsula (XIV-XVIIth centuries) \/ Jos\u00e9 Eloy Hortal Mu\u00f1oz<\/strong> (University Rey Juan Carlos)
\n15.30 From Compromise to Radicalism: The Political Ideas of Maximilian Vilain, lord of Ressegem \/ Jonathan Dumont<\/strong> (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
\n15.50 Some reflections on Flemish “Decorative Painters” at the Court of Charles V in the Iberian Peninsula. The case of Jan and Jacob van Battel \/ Ana Di\u00e9guez Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> and \u00c1frica Esp\u00edldora Garc\u00eda<\/strong> (Instituto Moll. Centre for Research in Flemish Painting)
\n16.10 Discussion
\n17.00 – 18.00 Relationships between court and city<\/span>
\n17.00 Luxury arts of the Spanish Renaissance \/ Jes\u00fas Pascual Molina<\/strong> and Miguel \u00c1ngel Zalama<\/strong> (University of Valladolid)
\n17.20 Vicente \u00c1lvarez and his description of the princely visit of Philip II to Flanders in 1549-1550 \/ Raymond Fagel<\/strong> (Leiden University)
\n17.40 Discussion<\/p>\n
\n10.00 Winning over a Spanish Princess: Joanna of Castile’s visit to the City of Brussels in December 1496 \/ Dagmar Eichberger<\/strong> (University of Heidelberg)
\n10.20 Emblematic resonances in the triumphal entrances of Charles V: Visual and symbolic language for the Universal Empire \/ Inmaculada Rodr\u00edguez Moya<\/strong> and V\u00edctor M\u00ednguez<\/strong> (University Jaume I)
\n10.40 Discussion
\n11.30 – 12.50 Ecclesiastical dignitaries between the North and the South<\/span>
\n11.30 The Altarpiece of San Ildefonso commissioned in the Low Countries by Juan Alfonso de Logro\u00f1o: study of panels from Museo del Prado and proposal of attribution \/ Jos\u00e9 Juan P\u00e9rez Preciado<\/strong> (Museo Nacional del Prado)
\n11.50 Cultural transfers at the Castilian court: Diego Ram\u00edrez de Villaescusa and Flanders \/ Alejandro S\u00e1ez Olivares (University Rey Juan Carlos)
\n12.10 The Creation, Characteristics, and Geopolitical Functions of the Post-Tridentine Apostolic Nunciature in Flanders (c. 1590-1605) \/ Dorota Gregorowicz<\/strong> (University of Silesia in Katowice)
\n12.30 Discussion
\n15.00 – 16.00 Images of power and portraits<\/span>
\n15.00 Searching for a court painter in the Low Countries and a portrait of AmbassadorFrancisco de Rojas by Hans Memling \/ Oskar J. Rojewski<\/strong> (University of Silesia in Katowice \u2013 University Rey Juan Carlos)
\n15.20 The making of an Emperor \u2013 the emergence of State Portraiture. Imperial representations of the House of Habsburg, theirprecursors and aftermath \/ Till-Holger Borchert<\/strong> (Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum in Aachen)
\n15.40 Discussion
\n16.30 – 17.50 The reception of Iberian communities and traditions in the Low Countries court circles and Flemish communities in Iberian court contexts<\/span>
\n16.30 The Grimons: a family of Flemish origin in Tenerife Island (XVth-XVIth centuries) \/ Elena V\u00e1zquez Due\u00f1as (Complutense University of Madrid)
\n16.50 The Flemish artists by the hands of Cardinal Granvela at the court of Philipe II \/ Almudena P\u00e9rez de Tudela<\/strong> (Patrimonio Nacional)
\n17.10 Re-thinking Seventeenth-Century Sculptures of Baby Jesus in Habsburg Royal Convents in Madrid and Brussels \/ Cordula van Wyhe<\/strong> (University of York)
\n17.30 Discussion<\/p>\n
\n12.00 Cultural transfer through knightly traffic? The travels of Jacques de Lalaing (c. 1421\u201353) to the Iberian Peninsula \/ Mario Damen<\/strong> (University of Amsterdam)
\n12.20 Back and forth between Brabant and Castile Courtly networks of the Cuemans dynasty \/ Olivier Kik<\/strong> (KIK-IRPA Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage)
\n12.40 Felipe Bigarny: a courtly and entrepreneurial artist in the service of the Habsburg \/ Eduardo Lamas<\/strong> (KIK-IRPA Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage)
\n13.00 Discussion
\n13.20 Closing remarks<\/p>\n