The Court and the Stronghold: The Distrustful Political Communication between Tunis and La Goleta (1535-1570)
For most of the sixteenth century, Spanish-Tunisian diplomacy was a proximity issue, as political communication with the Hafsid kings depended on the Habsburg governor of La Goleta, a stronghold fifteen kilometres from the city of Tunis. This chapter examines the evolution and spatial constraints of...
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| Tipo de recurso: | otro |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2026 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/424160 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/424160 |
| Access Level: | acceso embargado |
| Palabra clave: | Maghreb Charles V Philip II Hafsid dynasti Ottoman empire Medieval history Political sociology |
| Sumario: | For most of the sixteenth century, Spanish-Tunisian diplomacy was a proximity issue, as political communication with the Hafsid kings depended on the Habsburg governor of La Goleta, a stronghold fifteen kilometres from the city of Tunis. This chapter examines the evolution and spatial constraints of personal communication between both centres, as well as the governors of La Goleta’s perception and management of Tunisian royalty and court protocol, with the aim of reflecting the specificities and limits of a form of indirect diplomacy, which represented the Habsburgs rulers while acting with a good deal of autonomy. |
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