Fiesta y ceremonia en la corte virreinal de Nápoles (siglos XVI y XVII)

During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the viceregal court of Naples was a splendid backdrop for the representation of the imperial power of the Habsburgs. Festivities and ceremonies glorified the role of Spanish kings and viceroys, who promoted their cultural policy by establishing academies and encouraging artistic, literary, musical and theatrical production. This book compiles the papers presented at the international symposium organised on this subject by the Instituto Cervantes in Naples and the Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica, which brought together the leading scholars specialised in the practices and meaning of those public celebrations in the biggest capital city of the Empire.