{"title":"Wars of Knowledge: Iberian Imperial Hegemony and the Assembling of Libraries","authors":"M. Pelegrín","doi":"10.5325/PACICOASPHIL.52.2.0166","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This forum emphasizes the role of humanists, spies, and cultural brokers in the formation of Early Modern Iberian libraries and archives, as well as in the contentious search for information. The royal libraries imagined by the agents of Charles V or Philip II were part of cultural projects often at war with other contemporary enterprises such as that of France and Francis I. They are therefore associated with a deep sense of competition, often inherited from an inquiry of the best methods and practices inherited by classical antiquity. Diplomats and noble-men were frequently involved in obtaining the rarest materials that could mirror and enhance the mightiness of their sovereigns in the European contest for power, while also carrying their own agendas that eventually could help to dismantle political identities and power structures, or simply to obtain the mobility and visibility they desired.","PeriodicalId":41712,"journal":{"name":"Pacific Coast Philology","volume":"52 1","pages":"166 - 172"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pacific Coast Philology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5325/PACICOASPHIL.52.2.0166","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This forum emphasizes the role of humanists, spies, and cultural brokers in the formation of Early Modern Iberian libraries and archives, as well as in the contentious search for information. The royal libraries imagined by the agents of Charles V or Philip II were part of cultural projects often at war with other contemporary enterprises such as that of France and Francis I. They are therefore associated with a deep sense of competition, often inherited from an inquiry of the best methods and practices inherited by classical antiquity. Diplomats and noble-men were frequently involved in obtaining the rarest materials that could mirror and enhance the mightiness of their sovereigns in the European contest for power, while also carrying their own agendas that eventually could help to dismantle political identities and power structures, or simply to obtain the mobility and visibility they desired.
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Pacific Coast Philology publishes peer-reviewed essays of interest to scholars in the classical and modern languages, literatures, and cultures. The journal publishes two annual issues (one regular and one special issue), which normally contain articles and book reviews, as well as the presidential address, forum, and plenary speech from the preceding year''s conference. Pacific Coast Philology is the official journal of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, a regional branch of the Modern Language Association. PAMLA is dedicated to the advancement and diffusion of knowledge of ancient and modern languages and literatures. Anyone interested in languages and literary studies may become a member. Please visit their website for more information.