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The foundation created this collection in 2021 to contribute to the study and dissemination of 16th and 17th century Spanish and Latin American history.
Managed by recognised experts in this period, it will explore events, personalities, topics and writings from the period still pending sufficient clarification or which remain largely unknown to the general public.
All the volumes are also available in e-book format and will be complemented with stand-alone educational podcasts that can be listened to regardless of whether the books have been read or not. These podcasts can be listened to on the foundation website and the main multimedia platforms.
Alfredo Alvar Ezquerra
Espejos de príncipes y avisos a princesas. La educación palaciega en la Casa de Austria
This first volume in the collection offers us a chronological study of the literary sub-genre of princes’ speculum literature and of the private tutors of the princes and princesses of the House of Austria. Moreover, its author highlights the important role played by the queens in educating their descendants, while also taking an in-depth look into aspects related to the education in the Spanish Golden Age: their subjects (arithmetic, grammar, calligraphy, etc.), the state of the schools and pro- and anti-Erasmus postures.
The book was presented at a press conference held at foundation headquarters on 29 October in which the historians Alfredo Alvar Ezquerra and Enrique Krauze took part.
The book is accompanied by a series of podcasts in seven chapters that entertainingly relate several anecdotes about the education of the dynasty’s kings and queens, from Isabella I of Castile to Charles II of Spain.