Who benefits from Governor General's confessor political action (XVIIth c.)?

Abstract

This paper focuses on the political action of Netherlands General Governors' confessors during the seventeenth century. These friars, whose reputation of political influence was well-established, were under scrutiny from General Governor, Madrid and the Holy See. Those centers of power developed competing strategies to convert the confessor into a relay for their policies in Flanders. This study seeks to determine if these efforts turned successful, and to which extend.

Keywords

• Confesores de príncipes
• Historia de la corte
• Historia religiosa
• Historia política
• Redes políticas.