Game of Queens between England and Spain
From Eleanor Plantagenet to Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg including queens like Eleanor of Castile, Catherine of Lancaster, Catherine of Aragon, or Mary Tudor, since the Middle Ages royal women have played a key role in the relations between England and Spain. The rulers of both territories sealed alliances destined to consolidate dynastic and economic ties that resulted in marriage agreements where the women where vehicles of change. The main consequence was different cultural and artistic exchanges that had an impact in places like Burgos, Toledo, Cambridge, or London.
In honour of International Women’s Day, this course will be an overview of the role played by the queens that served this alliance.
These women made contributions to building bonds between England and Spain through the patronage of art and culture.
Programme:
27 February. CLASS 1: "The daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II of England who founded a monastery in Burgos. Leonor Plantagenet (c.1162-1214), Queen of Castile". Speaker: Dr. Emma Luisa Cahill Marrón.
5 March. CLASS 2: "The sister of Alphonso X the Wise who travelled to the Holy Land and endowed the Queen’s Lands. Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290), Queen of England". Speaker: Dr. Emma Luisa Cahill Marrón.
12 March. CLASS 3: "The first Princess of Asturias ruled Castile. Catherine of Lancaster (1485-1536), Queen and Regent". Speaker: Dr. Emma Luisa Cahill Marrón.
19 March. CLASS 4: Interview with Cristina Morató autor of Reinas de Leyenda (Plaza & Janés, 2023) and "The first ambassadress in history introduced Humanism and the Renaissance to England. Catherine of Castile and Aragon (1485-1536), Princess of Wales and Queen of England". Speaker: Dr. Emma Luisa Cahill Marrón.
26 March. CLASS 5: "The first Queen Regnant spoke Spanish. Mary I of England and Ireland (1516-1558). A Renaissance monarch with a global view of the world". Speaker: Dr. Emma Luisa Cahill Marrón.
2 April. CLASS 6: "A Prince of Wales incognito in Madrid. The arts and the marriage project between Charles I of England and Maria Anna of Spain (1606-1646)". Speaker: Dr. Emma Luisa Cahill Marrón.
9 April. CLASS 7: "The granddaughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain who became Queen of Spain. Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887-1969) and the decoration of the Magdalena Palace in Santander". Guest Speaker: Roger Bastida.
