SPANISH/FRENCH MARRIAGE FESTIVALS
DYNASTIC MARRIAGES AND THEIR POLITICAL AND
SOCIAL REVERBERATIONS 1612-1615
Conference Organised by Margaret McGowan, Ronnie Mulryne and Margaret Shewring
under the auspices of the Society for European Festivals Research
with the support of the University of Warwick
THE WARBURG INSTITUTE - 18-19 MARCH 2011
Speakers include: Ines Aliverti, Marie-Claude Canova-Green, Monique Chatenet,
Paulette Choné, Sir John Elliott, Patrice Franchet d’Espèrey, Chantal Grell, Iain Fenlon,
Kristian Jensen, Jill Kraye, Margaret McGowan, Ronnie Mulryne, François Quiviger,
Robert O'Toole, Nicolas le Roux, David Sánchez-Cano and Margaret Shewring
The double dynastic marriages in 1615 between two major catholic powers - Spanish Hapsburg Philip
III and French Louis XIII - were celebrated with magnificence on an unprecedented scale; yet they were
politically divisive. The conference will explore the extraordinary variety of festival events put on both
in major cities such as Paris, Naples, Burgos and Madrid, and in small towns along the route to and
from Spain. Princely entries interspersed with elaborate banquets reworked mythological and culinary
traditions; court ballets, carrousels and lavish fireworks necessitated the transformation of theatrical
space made possible by the flair of French and Italian architects and hydraulic engineers and brought
new challenges for artists, choreographers and composers.
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Full programme and registration form: http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/
University of London - School of Advanced Study
T HE W ARBURG I NSTITUTE
Woburn Square - London WC1H 0AB
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Illustration: L’échange des deux princesses from La Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg, peinte par Rubens dessinée par les S. Nattier... Paris 1710