Catherine of Austria - The luxurious lifestyle of a Renaissance Queen
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- Опубліковано 25 лис 2021
- Catherine of Habsburg, Queen of Portugal, lived sounded by a level o luxury that other contemporary Queens of hers could only aspire to.
As the Queen of a vast Global Empire and through her family connections, Catherine had a privileged access to the most rare and exotic objects from all over the World. From precious stones from India, to exotic animals from Africa.
Catherine became one of the great collectors of the European Renaissance.
But the lifestyle she lived and the objects she collected had a meaning beyond just her personal taste, their existence also had a political and dynastic explanation, as they where part of Catherine´s strategy to present herself as the mistress of a global maritime Empire that spanned from Asia to South America.
So, on this video, I am going to try to understand how did Catherine of Austria lived in the Portuguese Court and what the collection that she created can tell us about her and the world she lived in.
#catherineofaustria #portugueseempire #renaissance
Sources:
- Buesco, Ana Isabel (2008). D. João III. Círculo de Leitores: Lisboa.
- Crespo, Hugo Miguel (ed.), Comprar o Mundo. Consumo e Comércio na Lisboa do Renascimento. Shopping for Global Goods. Consumption and Trade in Renaissance Lisbon, AR-PAB: Lisboa. 2020.
- Guimarães Sá, Isabel dos (2010). Coisas de princesas: casamentos, dotes e enxovais na família real portuguesa (1480-1580), in Revista da História da Sociedade e da Cultura, vol. 10, t. 1, pp. 97-120. (www.academia.edu/20617509/Coi...)
- Jordan, Annemarie (2017). Catarina de Áustria, A Rainha Colecionadora. Temas e Debates: Lisboa.
- Jordan, Annemarie (1991). A Crystal Elephant from the "Kunstkammer" of Catherine of Austria. Anton Schroll. (www.academia.edu/15602558/A_C...)
- Lund, Christopher L. (1980). Anedotas Portuguesas e memórias biográficas da corte quinhentista e estórias e ditos galantes que sucederam e se disseram no paço. Almedina: Coimbra.
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The information presented in this video is only possible thanks to the work and dedication of academics and researchers. Therefore they take full credit for it. You can access the sources used in the making of this video in the description.
If you want to know more about the life and artistic patronage of Habsburg women like Catherine don't forget to check the work of art historian Annemarie Jordan-Gschwend, I followed her work very closely in this video.
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Catherine´s collection online:
Salt Seller - www.khm.at/en/objectdb/detail/88326/?offset=0&lv=list (english)
Fan - www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/90758/?offset=0&lv=list (german)
Persian Carpet - www.museudearteantiga.pt/colecoes/texteis/tapete-com-arvores-e-animais (portuguese)
Another point that I’d like to add to your wonderful emphasis on tapestries: the fact that threads were spun with silver and gold. The French Revolution saw tapestries burned to collect their precious metal. Tapestries can literally be liquidated to cash at whatever state they were in, while paintings have to rely on arbitrary parameters (historical origin, condition, symbolism) to have value. At the time of Isabel la Catolica’s death, the worth of each of her tapestry ranged between 49,000-150,000 maravedies, while her most expensive panel painting was sold at only 2,250 maravedies. The difference to them was simply staggering.
I will say that it’s amazing you are putting to light the incredible depth of Portuguese history in English. Medieval Iberian history, and especially Portuguese, is only passingly mentioned and superficially discussed. The Aviz and Trastámara dynasties steered boldly into unknown lands, achieving the unthinkable, setting precedents, and emerged as the world-changing players of the Middle Ages. But no, an Asian like me has to suffer the Plantagenets as if they contributed anything to the grand scheme of things.
00:07 so funny!
The 3 Catherines - Catherine of Medici (France), Catherine of Austria (Portugal) and Catherine Parr (England).
i actually didn't think of tapestries being uniquely important for this time period in terms of aesthetics and functionality, and i enjoyed your explanation of this as well as learning about Portuguese cushions and imported rugs. I always learn something new when I watch your videos!
Great video!
This video is beyond amazing! completely blew my expectations, BRAVO!
I have never thought about how textiles were important back then, but now it makes total sense. Palaces and castles must have been very cold in the winter, lining the walls with tapestries was a great solution!
Your explanation was excellent, keep up the good work!
can't wait for your next video!
This is so interesting, i learned a lot.
Thank you for this wonderful video full of precious details and information. I loved it.😘
Thank you 😁
I' d like to travel in time and visit Lisbon at that time. It would be a fascinating experience and a good setting for a film!
thankyou for another wonderful video, it was really good. it was nice to see some of her belongings toward the end of the video.
Really nice video. Loved it! Well done!
First 😁
Wonderful video, thank you. I think what amazes you the most is how much they got around! I can see, for the time, Africa and, through the Mediterranean, to the Middle East. But i India and Ceylon - and an envoy came from Ceylon, blows you mind. Also, all those animals. They would not have had a pleasant journey. Thank you. You can see a resemblance to Catherine of Aragon can’t you. I wonder if perhaps the beauty they were able to collect around them had a lot to do with their weather. Poor Catherine of Aragon , going from sunny Spain ( as it is now) to cold, wet England. Must have been a culture shock. Nice to hear of a queen having a happy marriage 👵👵👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Catherine actualy was named in Catherine of Aragon´s honor, so they did had a connection :)
The animals did had an unplesant journey (there were no tranquilizers), especially giraffes because of their long legs and neck. but the sailors tried to be as gentle as possible.They were precious cargo and, in the case of the elephants, they were accompanied by their indian keepers.
From rags to riches, royal style :p
Awesome and exquisite.💎💙
Such a shame that so many stunning treasures , irreplacable , are lost or destroyed.
Wow!! This was so well researched. I loved learning about the importance of textiles and the preference of the Portuguese for sitting on cushions. Parabéns!
Can I suggest a video on the lost palace of Almeirim next? I would also love to learn about different types of European embroidery traditions. Keep up the great work!
Poor Katherine and Joanna... Both sisters were treated so poorly, both discarded when the men in their lives had no need for them. Both dying alone without their favorite daughters...
Great video.
Did any tapestries that belonged to Catherine survived?
Yes, some panels managed to survive and made their way to the Spanish royal collections. But their not on display and are absent from their online catalog.
Very interesting! 👏
I have always been fascinated by the use of the beautiful tapestries.
I have been watching a lot of fabulous youtube videos about European history recently but this is the absolute best! Congratulations. Could you tell me anything about the full length portrait of Liselotte when she was young? Can't find it on the net. I think the colours were pink and green.
Wow, she & Portugal were the 1st to import SO many things into Europe! Things that'd still be "exotic" in many places in Europe in the 19thc! It's so interesting that textiles were more important than furniture- one of those assumptions you'd never think to question, but which proves to be wrong, cos that's how incredibly different the past was. It makes total sense of the descriptions of events like funerals which go into great detail about all the fabrics used in drapes... And "the queen of Portrugal had economic & administrative autonomy from her husband"- _in the 1500s?_ WOW!! I highly approve! But then the Iberian kingdoms had queens regnant, like Juana & her mother; unlike France, & before England did- quite a long time before, if I'm correct?... And I wondered if the tradition of strict male-female separation had anything to do with the influence of Islamic culture, like sitting on carpets & cushions did?
The separation of man and women was influenced by the strong islamic culture in Iberia, and during the 16th century, reinforced by the Council of Trent and the ever more rigid court etiquette.
Iberian Kingdoms dint followed the salic law, like in France for instance. But this doesn't mean that women had an easy access to the crown, they were still seen as lesser beings, full of fragilities and vices, and the origin of sin and temptation.
But it ́s interesting to note that, at least in royal cases, Iberian queens did had financial autonomy because they were responsible for the administration of the House of the Queen, which was an economic and social entity created to serve and provide for the queen. If the House of the Queen was a company the queen was its CEO.
Hope you enjoyed the video!
I love your videos but i especially appreciate the fact that you always list your sources on the description, it shows the integrity and rigor of your channel. I also love that all your videos are based on real science and not on wikipedia or pseudohistory like other history channels on youtube.
Great job and keep up the good work!
Your comment just made my day!
Coming from an academic background I approach my videos the same way I would for a scientific article or a dissertation (and I have done both) so I am programed to do it like that. I ́m not perfect and I dont know everything, I'm not a robot. But I try to be as rigorous as possible. That's the goal of my channel.
So sorry- did I hear correctly? She was an “Amazon”? Does that mean something different than a warrior to you? LOVE your videos. It’s so nice to hear about royalty other than the British ones!
Thank you! Amazon was, and still is, a word used to describe a woman riding a horse. An yes, it was used after the Amazons of Greek mythology, described as exquisite equestrians. In the 19th century a women's riding habit was also called a Amazon habit.
@@IntoThePast I learn even more from you! Thank you!!
@@IntoThePast - I couldn't find that meaning in any dictionary, UK nor USA. Most native English speakers understand Amazon to mean a strong athletic warrior woman. More appropriate would have been equestrian, horsewoman or just horse rider.
@@danidejaneiro8378 True. Now it typically means a robust, tall, and muscular woman.
great vibe!
Very good info. 👍🏻🙏🏻
How a mad woman can educate so well her daughter?
There's a lot of debate about whether Juana was mentally ill at all (there are some youtube videos about it), & either way, I think it'd be more like her supervising her daughter's education- choosing her tutors, listing what she wanted her daughter to be taught, looking at her work, & perhaps discussing it with her. Probably not sitting down & doing the actual teaching- but I could be wrong; I'm not a historian & I'm just going by a basic understanding of how royalty educated their children.
She wasn’t mad at all.
Some believe the madness claim was made up by her detractors. It has a lot to do with the fact that, after her husband died, she wouldn't allow his corpse to be buried. Instead, she kept his body with her, even traveling with it, sleeping next to it, etc.. It was truly macabre.
@@RowanWarren78 She didn't want to marry again
@@britneyup6885 Nor would her father let her, as her husband would likely become King of Castile and undermine his authority there
A blessed life
I enjoy all your videos, they are different and well researched also nicely narrated. I wonder if you would like to tell the story of the three daughters of Beatrice of Provence, very influential women in the Middle Ages.
Que boa descoberta em isolamento profilático. Sugiro um estudo da Infanta D. Maria - filha de D. Manuel I e fundadora do Hospital da Luz - o antigo e que está sepultada na igreja da Luz e, tal como a cunhada, usa o penteado que muitos só conhecem do Star Wars…
Ah yes, the hairstyle that is known as Princess Leia chic.
Does the tapestry 'The cycle of the conquest of India ' still exist?
It was most likely lost in the earthquake of lisbon in 1755.
@@IntoThePastAre you sure about this? It was a huge luxurious piece, made of 26 panels, with multiple figures woven in multiple layers on it. I wouldn't be surprised if the Spanish rulers took it to Madrid during the Iberian Union.
Lovely video! Is it 'Hamsburg' or 'Habsburg'?
Habsburg
I was going to ask the same question. I knew she was a Habsburg but I was wondering if it was me hearing wrong.
The narrator kept mispronouncing. He's Spanish because the way he said "Tordesilla" sounded super-Spanish. I guess in Spanish it's hard to say "Habsburg"...
Habsburg
Also none of those women had on underwear.
Under all that fabric they were commando
I would find that very uncomfortable
1:18 Catherine looks like princess Leia ***
😱😱😱😱😱
Cara de infeliz para quem vivia em LUXO.
She outlived all of her children, of course she was unhappy
Filthy rich! Would she have an Instagram today to show us her collection?
Unlikely, it would just incite envy
Long live the Hamsburgs
4:36 The word "dilapidated" means of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.
"old, dilapidated buildings" 🤣
Dilapidated can also be used as an expression for something broken-down or, in this case, something that had it ́s original form destroyed.
Eh. This Habsburg queen was super-wealthy. But she could still die from a million diseases that we can cure today--like the plague, measles, syphilis or smallpox. And she didn't enjoy some of the great technological wonders we have--like music on command, movies on command, comfortable and very quick travel to far-off places in the world. Even stuff that would've been considered extremely expensive back then, worth more than its weight in gold--nutmeg, pepper, sugar, pineapples, bananas, oranges, fine cottons, velvet, silks--we enjoy in vast, vast, vast abundance today. The only thing she had against us was the sheer power of being a very rich queen, the eye-watering jewelry, and the vast palaces and huge army of servants who waited on her hand and foot.
Mas por que raio é que a coleção de uma rainha portuguesa está na Áustria?!?!
Porque muitas coisas foram roubadas de Portugal durante a dinastia Habsburgo (da Áustria).
Poor animals.....and the less fortunate
And you know, I'd still pick modern medicine and sanitation over all that.
Charles V was happily married. After being cooped up with Juana, Catherine deserved anything she got,
Wait, what does "one of the best Amazons of her time" mean?
Back then it meant athletic and skilled horsewoman, equestrian. Now it typically means a tall, muscular and strong woman.
@@RowanWarren78 Yes, I know what an Amazon is. It's still a term that should've been explained in this particular context; it's not like it's some common epithet applied to any woman who enjoyed the equestrian arts.
Not "mad"...maybe a bit manic-depressive?
Some believe the madness claim was made up by her detractors. It has a lot to do with the fact that, after her husband died, she wouldn't allow his corpse to be buried. Instead, she kept his body with her, even traveling with it, sleeping next to it, etc.. It was truly macabre.
25:10 It was not an Indian elephant. It was a Sri Lankan elephant given by king Bhuvanaikabahu VII of Kotte.
Oh shit this is new. I'm sorry I prefer to talk nonsense on older video comments section.
Now I'm just rude and tacky
Girl who are you talking to lmfao
LoL 😆
Let's see a queen with .......
No running water
No regular showers
No deodorant
No toothbrush or toothpaste
No bathrooms
I think I am good .
Thank you very much
Actualy, she had access to the benefits of everything you pointed, but in the 16th century people used other methods. Even people from the lower classes had a preoccupation with their personal hygiene and and tried to be as clean as possible.
Catherine was a queen, she had a private latrine, servants to bring her all the water she wanted (cold, warm and/or perfumed) and access to a wide range of substances for her body hygiene.
@@IntoThePast access does not = usage.
They had to pee in a dish , the streets were filled with human dodo .
Your forgetting the mindset that these ppl lived in , they went months without taking a bath . Esp since they believed it causes illness.
There are kings who complained about their future queens being smelly .
So plz let's not pretend, this wasnt the middle east were ppl washed 5 times a day .
This was backwards medieval Europe ( I know you guys fancy calling it the renaissance during this time ( just because they read philosophy books doesn't make them clean , the medieval practices with regards to hygiene carried on till around the late 1800s depending on the country .
Conclusion: just because they had other methods doesn't mean those methods were effective , you cannot deny the streets being used as a open human sewer .
The private "latrine " you type about is not really the entire story, they did still pee in a pot were a maid had to carry that royal pee and dispose of it .
It wasnt like every room had a bathroom the usual practice was a pot next to the bed.
These fancy old master paintings and leftover art is very misleading, it gives us this idea that they were all living in gold and silk like their paintings suggests.
Palaces would be built without 1 bathroom. It wasn't a thought.
@@ageofechochambers9469 Actually, most of what you said is quite innacurate.
1. The Renaissance was about the perspective of the self, which placed great importance to a person's refinement and dignity. This includes hygiene and bathing, but it depends on what part of Europe you resided in during this time. It's just that cleaning yourself was not that frequent because of how they lack clean water. However, they would immediately take the chance to clean themselves if they had the ability to do so.
2. Ever since the rise of medieval castles, restrooms were already made for the elite. They had a chair to sit on, and the excrements that would fall will go to cesspits, in which peasants would try to clean it out, which gave them a form of fertilizer to work on.
3. Actually, aqueducts had already existed even during the Roman Empire. With that being said, what you're claiming is total bullshit. Even though throwing away poop from their windows to the streets did occur, it was VERY uncommon since most of them would be used as fertilizers because of how agriculture made an impact during these times.
5. Modern plumbing did not exist these days, and it wasn't only Europe who faced this issue. Asia, the Mesoamerican Civilizations, the Indigenous tribes that inhabited Northern America, and even up to the Nile Civilizations in Africa.
6. Total bullshit. If you are referring to the Palace of Versailles, there was still a private room made for the King where he could do his potty duties.
Do your research first before spitting out nonsense 🥺.
@@ageofechochambers9469 In conclusion, you should not judge the standards from literally 500 years ago, to the modern era where we have the privilege of working sewage and plumbing. Anyways, have a good day sir 😉
Lol k bye David💕
Ill stop lol
NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAD OR FANCY TITLE THEY WERE ALL STILL SHITTING INTO CERAMIC BOWLS UNDER THEIR BEDS.
So I'm gonna go be tacky elsewhere
EVERY BODY POOPS DAVID.
NO ONE IS EXEMPT.
WE ARE ALL EQUALLY DISGUSTING NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU GOT.
They all had bad breath too and hat hair
It's a man
No, she's just overweight
ALSO THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN LUXURIOUS RICH BUT THEY DIDNT HAVE TOILET PAPER.
SO UNDER ALL THAT EXPENSIVE CLOTHING IN THEIR MAGIC MANSIONS THEY ALL HAD UNWIPED POOP BUTTS
Hamsburg ?
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