Allegories of Kingship
This study examines issues in politics and political theory in selected works of Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681), the major dramatist of the middle and later decades of the seventeenth century in Spain. By analyzing secular dramas ( comedias ) and religious plays ( autos sacramentales ), Step...
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| description | This study examines issues in politics and political theory in selected works of Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681), the major dramatist of the middle and later decades of the seventeenth century in Spain. By analyzing secular dramas ( comedias ) and religious plays ( autos sacramentales ), Stephen Rupp demonstrates Calderón's awareness of the ideas and institutions of power in Hapsburg Spain and explores the terms of his intervention in the long debate over the principles of Christian statecraft. Through references to Rivadeneira, Saavedra Fajardo, and Quevedo, Rupp describes the anti-Machiavellian theory of kingship that informs Calderón's political theater. Rupp's argument proceeds from abstract principles of political theory to particular institutions and events at the Hapsburg court. Discussion of two comedias ( La vida es sueño and La cisma de Inglaterra ) and five autos ( La vida es sueño , A Dios por razón de Estado, El maestrazgo del Toisón , El nuevo palacio del Retiro , and El lirio y la azucena ) demonstrates Calderón's assimilation of true reason of state to providence, his attitudes concerning the conciliar system and the regime of the royal favorite or valido , and his allegorical treatment of significant state occasions. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1740392026-03-19T14:41:48Z Allegories of Kingship Rupp, Stephen Calderon Pedro Calderon de la Barca Secular dramas Comedias religious Plays autos sacramentales Rivadeneira Saavedra Fajardo Quevedo:Hapsburg court La vida es sueno La cisma de Inglaterra A Dios por razon de Estado El maestrazgo del Toison El nuevo palacio del thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSA Literary theory thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSG Literary studies: plays and playwrights thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DD Plays, playscripts::DDA Classic and pre-20th century plays This study examines issues in politics and political theory in selected works of Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681), the major dramatist of the middle and later decades of the seventeenth century in Spain. By analyzing secular dramas ( comedias ) and religious plays ( autos sacramentales ), Stephen Rupp demonstrates Calderón's awareness of the ideas and institutions of power in Hapsburg Spain and explores the terms of his intervention in the long debate over the principles of Christian statecraft. Through references to Rivadeneira, Saavedra Fajardo, and Quevedo, Rupp describes the anti-Machiavellian theory of kingship that informs Calderón's political theater. Rupp's argument proceeds from abstract principles of political theory to particular institutions and events at the Hapsburg court. Discussion of two comedias ( La vida es sueño and La cisma de Inglaterra ) and five autos ( La vida es sueño , A Dios por razón de Estado, El maestrazgo del Toisón , El nuevo palacio del Retiro , and El lirio y la azucena ) demonstrates Calderón's assimilation of true reason of state to providence, his attitudes concerning the conciliar system and the regime of the royal favorite or valido , and his allegorical treatment of significant state occasions. 2026-03-19T14:41:47Z 2026-03-19T14:41:47Z 2026-03-11T15:40:44Z 1995 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/111404 9780271102900 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/174039 eng Studies in Romance Literatures open access Penn State University Press Penn State University Press 10.5325/b.19951497 10.5325/b.19951497 e4e05b94-0f85-49a1-ba66-543b1dd40087 9780271102900 Penn State University Press 200 University Park, PA open access |
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| topic | Calderon Pedro Calderon de la Barca Secular dramas Comedias religious Plays autos sacramentales Rivadeneira Saavedra Fajardo Quevedo:Hapsburg court La vida es sueno La cisma de Inglaterra A Dios por razon de Estado El maestrazgo del Toison El nuevo palacio del thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSA Literary theory thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSG Literary studies: plays and playwrights thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DD Plays, playscripts::DDA Classic and pre-20th century plays |
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