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Mors et Amor

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Exploring art, faith, economy and politics of the Low Countries during the renaissance era. Explorando las artes, la fe, la economía y la política en Flandes en la época del Renacimiento

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Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 2d

Miguel de Cervantes was serving aboard the galley Marquesa. Despite being sick with fever, he refused to stay below deck and insisted on taking part in the fighting. He received three gunshot wounds, incl one in his arm, gaining him the nickname “El Manco de Lepanto”.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 2d

#OTD the Battle of Lepanto (1571) took place, one of the most decisive and symbolic naval battles in European history. It was fought between the Holy League (a coalition of Christian states) and the Ottoman Empire, and it involved an extraordinary cast of historical figures.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 3d

“…Ende Ducdalf volck hadde nou Valckenborch verlaten, maer eerst meest berooft; en den prinsche begeerde, dat Ducdalbe wat wycken woude, totdat hy over Mase mocht comen, hy soude hem slach leveren, oft wilde hy overcomen, hy soude 2 mijlen te rugge wycken…”

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 3d

4/10/1568, de Prins van Oranje steekt de Maas over: “…soo nam het volck van den prinsche van Oraengien… Herckenteel in, gelegen over Mase by… Luyck, ende Ducdalbe hadde geern de in stat van Luyck synen wille gehadt om uyt en in te loopen over Mase, maer Luyck wilde geen crychsvolck passagie geven…”

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 6d

…his troops had treated the population as if they were dogs.”
Maximilian Morillon (Vicar general of the archdoicese Mechelen) in a letter to cardinal Granvelle about the three day plunder of Mechelen, 18 okt. 1572. The Morillon family was of Burgundy origin.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 6d

After the capture of Den Briel by the rebels in April 1572, the revolt spread. On 2 October, Mechelen surrendered without a fight — yet Alva let his troops plunder it for three days. A grim message: even submission offered no safety. Terror as a warning to other cities.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 12d

Inderdaad… Een monument.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 14d

During the Comuneros Revolt, the rebels declared their loyalty to Queen Juana. They sought to “liberate” and install her qs their queen. Juana did not cooperate with the rebels and refused to sign documents that would have legitimized their uprising. thus, she sided with her son, Charles V.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 14d

In 1509, Juana was confined by her father Ferdinand in the Royal Monastery of Santa Clara in Tordesillas (Castile). She remained there until her death in 1555 — nearly half a century.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 14d

Chroniclers and legend say Juana travelled around Castile with Philip’s coffin, unwilling to part with it. They took this as “proof” of her mental instability. But keeping the body close was a determined way of underlining her own legitimacy as queen and, more importantly, her children.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 14d

Her mother, Isabella of Castile, did recognize Juana as her successor. After Isabella’s death in 1504, Juana was the legitimate queen of Castile. her father, Ferdinand of Aragon, who never became king of Castile, despite his mariage, wanted her sidelined (as did her husband).

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 14d

Philip the Handsome died #OTD 1506. He was Duke of Burgundy, consort of Castile through his marriage to Juana of Castile, and father of the future Charles V. Traditionally portrayed as Juana la loca, but modern scholarship stresses that this reputation was politically motivated.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 14d

We waren niet blij met die promotie tot kathedraal. Maar het Concilie van Trente (1545–1563) had hervormingen opgelegd: beter toezicht op priesters, oprichting van seminaries, versterking van bisschoppelijke macht. En al zeker in dat vrijdenkende Antwerpen… www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...

Antwerpen wilde eigenlijk geen kathedraal (en dit is waarom) | VRT NWS: nieuws

De nieuwe reclame van Gazet van Antwerpen die de grootsheid van Antwerpen moet benadrukken met de vraag 'waarom een kerk bouwen als je een kathedraal kunt zetten?' is eigenlijk niet historisch accuraa...

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 17d

Though outwardly removed, Granvelle remained in Philip II’s inner circle. He kept up an enormous correspondence and was Philip’s informant and political intelligence hub: nobles, ambassadors, bishops and informers wrote to him; he distilled and reported information back to the king.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 17d

Yes, Granvelle was Philip II’s chief minister in Brussels and as archbishop of Mechelen became the most visible face of centralisation and religious repression.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 17d

Today marks the death of Cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517–1586) — chief minister in the Southern Low Countries under Philip II. A powerful statesman, he was also a great patron of Renaissance art, collecting Titian, Mor & Leoni, and shaping Brussels’ first Renaissance palace.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 17d

Charles V intended to be buried with his wife, Isabella of Portugal (1503–1539), in Yuste. He kept her portrait with him during his retirement there. Her body was never moved to Yuste. Instead, on the orders of their son Philip II, both were transferred to the Escorial in 1574.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 17d

Charles V, aged 58, died on 21 September 1558 in Yuste. According to chroniclers, he passed away after a period of fever and pain, likely caused by gout and malaria, having received the last sacraments. His body was first buried in Yuste, as he intended, …

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 21d

Emperor Maximilian, Prince Charles, and Governor Margaret visit Antwerp. September 18, 1508, Maximilian grants 8-year old Charles the margraviate of Antwerp to Charles in the Grote Markt.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 24d

Emperor Charles V wished to be buried humbly at the monastery of Yuste, beside his beloved wife Isabella of Portugal, who had died decades earlier. Yet his remains were later moved by Philip II to El Escorial’s royal crypt.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 24d

On 13 Sept 1598, King Philip II of Spain died at El Escorial. Like his father, Emperor Charles V, he was buried in the monastery’s crypt — the Panteón de Reyes — resting place of nearly all Spanish monarchs since. Pictures @wiki

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 28d

#1569, Pieter Bruegel the Elder died at around the age of 40, at the height of his career. A year earlier, Jan Vleminck, a Neo-Latin poet and financier, had passed away at the same age. He held Bruegel’s The Months as collateral. But The Census at Bethlehem was commissioned.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 29d

#OTD 1549: Soon, Emperor Charles and his son, Prince Philip, will arrive in Antwerp. Festivities are planned by the city secretary, Cornelis Grapheus; Pieter Coecke from Aalst was in charge of the decorations. The preparations are almost complete, as the big day is tomorrow…

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 29d

#OTD 1567, the Duke of Alba, under the pretence of consultation, invited the Counts of Egmont and Horne to the Coudenberg Palace in Brussels, where he had them arrested. Hardly a chivalrous move, but a preemptive strike against two of the Low Countries’ most capable commanders.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 29d

Regardless, Pope Leo IX, condemned the marriage as incestuous in 1049. Yet, the wedding took place before the end of 1053. In 1059 William was reconciled to the papacy, and as penance he and Matilda built the two monasteries.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 29d

William and Matilda were related — but not very closely by the standards of medieval European nobility. William and Matilda were cousins once or twice removed, both descended from Rollo and also connected through the French royal family.

Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 29d

William the Conqueror died on 9 September 1087 at Rouen, after suffering an injury when his horse stumbled during the burning of Mantes. He was buried at the Abbaye aux Hommes in Caen. His spouse, Mathilda of Flanders, England’s first queen, was buried in the Abbaye aux Dames.