“Ingrandire la famiglia”. Ambrogio Spinola: honour, war and money in his Flanders correspondence with the women of his family

This contribution focuses on Ambrogio Spinola's correspondence with members of his restricted family, conserved in Brussels (1600-1629) from a gender perspective. The aim is to highlight the results of interactions between men and women, based on relationships between individuals (hierarchies, struggles for power, collaborations). In this regard, these letters make it possible to capture Ambrogio Spinola at the crossroads between the different worlds that were his own (Genoa, Flanders, Madrid). The place of his family (especially his mother Polissena and his sisters) is essential as a constant... Mehr ...