Philip V
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R. Strootman, ‘Eunuchs, renegades and concubines: The “paradox of power” and the promotion of favorites in the Hellenistic empires’, in: A. Erskine, L. Llewellyn-Jones, and S. Wallace eds., The Hellenistic Court: Monarchic Power and Elite... more
Corrupted by a thirst for power, degenerated courtiers, cruel appetite, and bloody imperialistic ambition, Philip V of Macedonia has been for a long time the paradigm of Hellenistic kingship. Moving beyond the surface of vice, rivalry and... more
Felipe V, lejos de imitar a sus antepasados Borbones o continuar con el modelo establecido por los reyes españoles, alteró significativamente el modo en cómo un soberano de Antiguo Régimen debía ejercer sus responsabilidades públicas. Con... more
This article explores the relationship between the Greeks, Macedonians and Romans through the prism of Polybius of Megalopolis and his Histories in the second century BC. It throws light on how a Greek might control and construct the... more
En este libro se estudia cómo se produjeron las provisiones de cargos para servir en América durante el reinado de Felipe V (1701-1746). Partiendo de una clasificación novedosa de los tipos de designaciones y de un uso concienzudo de... more
RESUMEN: La formación de las colecciones reales españolas se nutrió en gran medida de piezas importadas de otros territorios, especialmente de Italia en el caso de las antigüedades. La compra e importación de estos materiales no era una... more
"Weder beweint noch bestattet" - Philipp V. von Makedonien und die Gefallenen von Kynoskephalai, in: K.-J. Hölkeskamp/J. Hoffmann-Salz/K. Kostopoulos/S. Lentzsch (Hgg.): Die Grenzen des Prinzips - Die Infragestellung von Werten in antiken... more
Durante el reinado de Felipe V (1683-1746) y de Isabel de Farnesio (1692-1766), los principales palacios de la corona contaron con estancias decoradas con piezas orientales procedentes de China y de Japón, junto a otras de factura europea... more
This map is part of my PhD-thesis
Die Seepolitik Philipps V. von Makedonien, Bochum 2015 [in print].
Die Seepolitik Philipps V. von Makedonien, Bochum 2015 [in print].
"The study focuses on the presentation of letters dated between November and December 1709 among the administrators of the Court of Marquis of Castelldosrius, viceroy of Peru, and reliable people for the king. The aim was to negotiate an... more
During the reign of King Philip V (1683-1746) and Queen Elisabeth Farnese (1692-1766) the most important palaces of the Spanish crown started to be decorated with East Asian objects from China and Japan, together with high quality... more
This research aims to show a methodological approach to certain key elements in order to understand the granting of honours and offices in return for services and money. This is particularly necessary because it was very common to hide... more
La creación del reino de las Dos Sicilias tras la guerra de Sucesión de Polonia no ha sido lo suficientemente bien estudiada por la historiografía española. Habría que esperar a la llegada a España de Carlos III a Barcelona en 1759 para... more
18th-century reception of Newton, Gassendi, Descartes. Raymond Williams: structure of feeling vs. emergent culture, residual culture. Modernity, Enlightenment science. Atomism. Optics. Occasional poetry. Astronomy. Regalism.... more
The invention of tradition (Eric Hobsbawm) in 18th-century Spanish Monarquia. War of the Spanish Succession. Spanish Austrian loyalists in Austria, Sicily. Ignacio de Luzan. Spanish epic poetry in Mexico, Peru. Spanish rococo'... more
This work focuses in the Council of the Indies attitude towards the sale of appointments during Philip V’s reign. This entitlement’s method has its origins in the first halve of the 17th century. It meant a hard stroke against Council’s... more
The years 1316 and 1328 saw the end of the senior Capetians in France and the rise of the Valois, but what right did Philippe of Poitiers and Philippe of Valois really have to the throne and how did the Salic Law fit into the equation?
conceptual history, new science, new philosophy, Descartes, Gassendi, Bacon, empiricism, nature, natural philosophy, ethics, rhetoric, Mediterranean studies, transatlantic studies, history of science, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Portugual,... more