{"product_id":"allegories-of-kingship-stephen-rupp-9780271026671","title":"Allegories of Kingship: Calderón and the Anti-Machiavellian Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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 (\u003ci\u003ecomedias\u003c\/i\u003e) and religious plays (\u003ci\u003eautos sacramentales\u003c\/i\u003e), 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRupp's argument proceeds from abstract principles of political theory to particular institutions and events at the Hapsburg court. Discussion of two \u003ci\u003ecomedias\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLa vida es sueño\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e La cisma de Inglaterra\u003c\/i\u003e) and five \u003ci\u003eautos\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLa vida es sueño\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Dios por razón de Estado, El maestrazgo del Toisón\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEl nuevo palacio del Retiro\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e El lirio y la azucena\u003c\/i\u003e) 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 \u003ci\u003evalido\u003c\/i\u003e, and his allegorical treatment of significant state occasions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Rupp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271026677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271026671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Stephen Rupp","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48174872559871,"sku":"9780271026671","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1ca8bee0-5519-4669-8aa8-7672c1384729.jpg?v=1771331076","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/allegories-of-kingship-stephen-rupp-9780271026671","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}