Book contents
- Monarchy Transformed
- Monarchy Transformed
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Contributors
- 1 Introduction: Monarchy Transformed – Princes and Their Elites in Early Modern Western Europe
- Part I Dynasties and Monarchies
- Part II Elites, Rhetoric and Monarchy
- 7 The King and the Family: Primogeniture and the Lombard Nobility in the Spanish Monarchy
- 8 Portugal’s Elites and the Status of the Kingdom of Portugal within the Spanish Monarchy
- 9 In the Service of the Dynasty: Building a Career in the Habsburg Household, 1550–1650
- 10 Revolutionary Absolutism and the Elites of the Danish Monarchy in the Long Seventeenth Century
- 11 The ‘New Monarchy’ as Despotic Beast: The Perspective of the Lesser Nobility in France and Germany, 1630s to 1650s
- 12 The Crisis of Sacral Monarchy in England in the Late Seventeenth Century in Comparative Perspective
- Afterword
- Index
9 - In the Service of the Dynasty: Building a Career in the Habsburg Household, 1550–1650
from Part II - Elites, Rhetoric and Monarchy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 August 2017
- Monarchy Transformed
- Monarchy Transformed
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Contributors
- 1 Introduction: Monarchy Transformed – Princes and Their Elites in Early Modern Western Europe
- Part I Dynasties and Monarchies
- Part II Elites, Rhetoric and Monarchy
- 7 The King and the Family: Primogeniture and the Lombard Nobility in the Spanish Monarchy
- 8 Portugal’s Elites and the Status of the Kingdom of Portugal within the Spanish Monarchy
- 9 In the Service of the Dynasty: Building a Career in the Habsburg Household, 1550–1650
- 10 Revolutionary Absolutism and the Elites of the Danish Monarchy in the Long Seventeenth Century
- 11 The ‘New Monarchy’ as Despotic Beast: The Perspective of the Lesser Nobility in France and Germany, 1630s to 1650s
- 12 The Crisis of Sacral Monarchy in England in the Late Seventeenth Century in Comparative Perspective
- Afterword
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Monarchy TransformedPrinces and their Elites in Early Modern Western Europe, pp. 244 - 266Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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