The Court Historian
The Court Historian is published three times a year, in April, August and December. Information about past issues is available here.
Archive Issue
Volume 23, No. 2 (December 2018)
Special Issue:
‘The Spanish Habsburg Court during the Reign of Carlos II (1665-1700)’, guest edited by Silvia Z. Mitchell
ARTICLES
Silvia Z. Mitchell – Introduction: The Spanish Habsburg Court during the Reign of Carlos II (1665–1700)
Barbara von Barghahn – The Duty to Display Princely Perfection: Portraits of Carlos II as Child-King
Silvia Z. Mitchell - Women and Children First: Court Ceremonial during Carlos II’s Minority, 1665–1675
Koldo Trápaga Monchet - Members of Don Juan’s Household and the Politics of Carlos II’s Court during the Early Years of his Minority (1665–1669)
Ezequiel Borgognoni - The Royal Household of Marie-Louise of Orleans, 1679–1689: The Struggle over Executive Offices
Félix Labrador Arroyo - Preparing for a Queen: Maria Anna of Neuburg’s Royal Entry into Spain
Laura Oliván-Santaliestra - ‘Mein lieber lúiß’: Aloys von Harrach and the Diplomacies of Motherhood during the Last Years of Carlos II’s Reign (1698–1701)
Luis Ribot - Epilogue. Carlos II: A Reign under Revision
BOOK REVIEWS
William D. Godsey – A ‘Remarkable Facility for Adapting’
Robert Wellington – Louis XIV Glorified
EXHIBITION REVIEWS
Priya Atwal - Splendours of the Subcontinent
David Jaffe - Charles I: King and Collector
CONFERENCE REPORTS
Catriona Murray - Royal Representation in the Scandinavian-British Sphere
Jonathan Spangler - Ruling Sexualities: Kings and Queens 7
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