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T1 A machiavellian envoy: the polemic figure of Gondomar as an ambassador in England
A1 Sánchez Zurdo, Nuria
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Gondomar
K1 England
K1 Spain
K1 Ambassador
K1 Anti-Spanish
K1 Seventeenth century
K1 Inglaterra
K1 España
K1 Embajador
K1 Antiespañol
K1 Siglo diecisiete
AB Don Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, the Count of Gondomar, was undoubtedly one of themost influential and controversial men ever seen at the seventeenth-century EnglishCourt. However, in a time when anti-Spanish views were being disseminated not only inEngland but all around the world, the Spanish ambassador’s strategic abilities would notbe commented precisely in a positive way by English people. This dissertation studiesthe process by which the Count of Gondomar was added to the Black Legend thatcirculated since the sixteenth century. By exploring Modern views on Gondomar together with Scott’s political pamphlet Vox Populi (1620) and Middleton’s play A Game at Chesse (1624), the analysis shows how a flesh and blood diplomat whose professional aim was the preservation of his home state was, mostly due to subtle propaganda, turned into nothing but an evil fictional character that incited hatred all over Europe.
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/25611
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/25611
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 25-abr-2024