Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. List of Contributors x
5. List of Abbreviations xi
6. An Historiographical Introduction to the World of Philip IV 1
7. PART I: BEHIND THE SCENES
8. 1. Perceptions of Kingship: Governing With and Without a Valido 29
9. 2. Spain’s Seventeenth-Century Crisis Seen from the Perspective of the New World 57
10. 3. Naples versus the Neapolitans: The Political Role of the Viceroy during the Crisis of the Viceregal System (1637–1647) 71
11. 4. St Rose of Lima as Exemplar of the Political Health of Philip IV’s Kingdoms (1630s–1660s) 89
12. 5. Two “Prophets” and One Confessor: Philip IV’s Spiritual Stage in 1643–1644 114
13. 6. Smugglers, Thieves, and Fraudsters: Francisco de León and the Seville Revolt of 1652 132
14. PART II: ON THE WORLD STAGE
15. 7. Staging the Planet King: Apotheosis and Glory 153
16. 8. Do you paint, or give life? The Power of Diego Velázquez’s Lifelike Portraits of Philip IV 167
17. 9. Heroic Virtue: The Cardinal Infante Don Ferdinand of Austria, in Hunting Dress, Prince of the Celestial Habsburg Army 192
18. 10. The Portrayal of Mariana of Austria as Archduchess and Spanish Queen 210
19. 11. The King, the Palace, and the Cabinet: Knowledge on Display 230
20. 12. Between the Picaresque and the Picturesque: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682) Visualising Spain in an Age of Decline? 265
21. Bibliography 295
22. Index 327