The Habsburg Royal Entries and the Configuration of the Image of the Enemy in Iberia

• In Event: Changing the Enemy, Visualizing the Other: Studies about Otherness in Early Modern Europe I

Abstract

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Spanish Crown had diverse enemies who tried to destabilize its European supremacy. Protestants and Muslims worried the Habsburg dynasty and they were represented as the enemy to be defeated. Curiously, the image of Muslims has been studied from several points of view, but the images of this “other” in the Royal ceremonies and entries in Iberia have been the subject of very few publications. This paper aims to show how the Islamic enemy was represented in some commemorations before and after Lepanto. They will be analysed by comparing them with the images of the protestant defeated. It is also worth studying the altars and ephemeral architectures created for the visits of the Spanish monarchs, many with hieroglyphs and sculptural decorations to match how these enemies were represented and how they had a strong influence in the creation of their.

Author

• Borja Franco, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia