Latin Political Propaganda in the War of the Spanish Succession and Its Aftermath, 1700-1740

af Dr Alejandro (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Coroleu

This books offers the first comprehensive study of the central role played by the Latin language to celebrate or undermine political power during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1715). Waged as much on the printed page as on the battlefield, this worldwide conflict gave rise to an astonishing variety of Latin writing across the Continent - in verse or in prose - on both the pro-Habsburg and pro-Bourbon sides. Ranging from official documents, epic, satirical and panegyric poetry to defama... (Læs mere)