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The Great Favourite - The Duke of Lerma and the Court and Government of Philip III of Spain, 1598-1621 (Paperback)
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The Great Favourite - The Duke of Lerma and the Court and Government of Philip III of Spain, 1598-1621 (Paperback)
Series: Studies in Early Modern European History
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The Duke of Lerma is the last major unknown statesman in modern
European history. In this pioneering biography, Patrick Williams
brings him dramatically to life and challenges many of the
assumptions that historians have made about him and about Spanish
history at a time of profound crisis. By placing Lerma firmly at
the head of the 'procession of favourites' that marked the European
seventeenth century he invites a re-evaluation of the phenomenon of
government by favourites in this seminal period of European
history. Francisco Gomez de Sandoval, Duke of Lerma (1553-1625),
served Philip III of Spain as his favourite and first minister for
twenty years (1598-1618). His power dazzled contemporaries; indeed,
one petitioner reportedly told Philip III that he had come to see
him 'because I could not get an appointment with the Duke of
Lerma'. Within a decade of assuming office Lerma had raised his
family from humiliating poverty into being by far the richest in
Spain and had himself become the greatest patron of the arts in
Europe in his generation. His use of power provoked intense debate
in Spain about the nature of corruption in government.
Intriguingly, Lerma remained deeply ambivalent about the power that
he wielded with such assured brilliance, for throughout his adult
life he was determined to follow a family tradition and retire from
court into religious life to secure the salvation of his soul,
finally achieving his ambition in 1617 when he secured a
cardinalate. The great favourite ended his life as a prince of the
Church.
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