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Early Modern Dynastic Marriages and Cultural Transfer (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Early Modern Dynastic Marriages and Cultural Transfer (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Transculturalisms, 1400-1700
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Toward the end of the fifteenth century, the Habsburg family began
to rely on dynastic marriage to unite an array of territories,
eventually creating an empire as had not been seen in Europe since
the Romans. Other European rulers followed the Habsburgs' lead in
forging ties through dynastic marriages. Because of these
marriages, many more aristocrats (especially women) left their
homelands to reside elsewhere. Until now, historians have viewed
these unions from a primarily political viewpoint and have paid
scant attention to the personal dimensions of these relocations.
Separated from their family and thrust into a strange new land in
which language, attire, religion, food, and cultural practices were
often different, these young aristocrats were forced to conform to
new customs or adapt their own customs to a new cultural setting.
Early Modern Dynastic Marriages and Cultural Transfer examines
these marriages as important agents of cultural transfer,
emphasizing how marriages could lead to the creation of a
cosmopolitan culture, common to the elites of Europe. These essays
focus on the personal and domestic dimensions of early modern
European court life, examining such areas as women's devotional
practices, fashion, patronage, and culinary traditions.
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