Abstract

HORTAL MUNOZ, José Eloy. Merging Court, Royal Household and Territory at the Spanish monarchy of the 16th and 7th centuries: the Royal Guards and the Royal Sites. Rev. Esc. Hist. [online]. 2017, vol.16, n.1, pp.00-00. ISSN 1669-9041.

The court political system reached its peak during the seventeenth century, when its different elements (Royal Household, Councils, Courtiers and Royal Sites) were institutionally fixed, while the relation between these elements was increased, and the court space was fixed in a more effective way. This was the case of the Spanish monarchy, especially after the breakdown of the system created by Charles V, which was based at the Royal Household as the main element destined to integrate the elites of the different kingdoms that composed the Monarchy. Due to this, Philip IV´s reign consisted in a desperate search of how to recon figurate the Monarchy, through several tools. One of them were the Royal Sites, since the bonds between them and the rest of the Court were increased, especially with the Royal Household. Several courtiers had, after this moment, and at the same time, offices at both the Royal Household and the Royal Sites. Especially fruitful was the relation between the Royal Guard and the Royal Sites, as we study in this article in two of the main territories of the Monarchy, as were Castile and the Habsburg Netherlands.

Keywords : Court space; Spanish monarchy; Court; Royal Household; Royal Guards; Royal Sites.

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