El Duque de Lerma y el nacimiento de la Corte Barroca en España: Valladolid, verano de 1605

Abstract

During the beginnings of the reign of Philip III, it matured the new culture of the court of Spain. The festivities celebrated in Valladolid on the occasion of the birth of Philip IV gave Lerma the opportunity to displayed his great power, in such a way as to begin to establish for his generation the model of a courtier who was a courtier and a minister, an aesthete and a soldier. The English embassy was exceptional witnesses of this fact because they were at Valladolid for ratifying the Peace of London of 1604 signed one year before. The English took back with them the image of a vibrant and young court that was full of zest and was distinguished by its high culture and the impact of that court was to be felt throughout Europe.