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Accepted Paper:
Chocolate and Quixotes: Imperial Ambassadresses in Madrid and their role as cultural agents in Vienna (1650-1700).
Laura Oliván
(Universität Wien)
Paper short abstract:
In this paper, I will explain how the Imperial ambassadresses learnt, experienced and interpreted the Spanish culture in Madrid. A culture and sociability that they exported it to Vienna between 1650 and 1700.
Paper long abstract:
This paper deals with the role of the Imperial Ambassadresses in Madrid as agents and difusers of the Spanish culture in the court of Vienna (1650-1700). During their stays in Spain, these ambassadresses showed a great capacity of adaptation, assimilation and reinterpretation of the Spanish culture: they dressed guardainfantes, felt a strong devotion to the Virgins of Madrid, consumed chocolate, collected búcaros, used perfumes, read comedies and Spanish novels, bought indian furniture and adopted the Spanish sociability, receiving visits at the estrado. This Spanish culture was exported to Vienna.