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The Prince and the Infanta: The Cultural Politics of the Spanish Match Glyn Redworth |
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On the night of 7 March 1623, the prince of Wales and the duke of
Buckingham knocked on the door of the British Embassy in Their unsolicited arrival begun one of the most bizarre
episodes in British history, as the Protestant heir to the Stuart throne
struggled to win the Spanish Infanta as his bride. The prince's visit marked the end of a decade of
high-level negotiation to secure a marriage between the leading Protestant
and Catholic royal families and heal Drawing on archival material from five countries, Glyn Redworth provides the
definitive explanation of this pivotal moment and tells a fascinating story
of early modern politicking, cultural misunderstanding and religious
confusion. Glyn Redworth teaches history at the
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