Introduction Simon Ditchfield PART I THE SPANISH PRESENCE IN ITALIAN POLITICS, SOCIETY AND CULTURE 1 Mere Emulators of Italy: The Spanish in Italian Diplomatic Discourse, 1492-1550 Catherine Fletcher 2 Hispanophobia in the Venetian Republic Nicholas Davidson 3 Encountering Spain in Early Modern Naples: Language, Customs and Sociability Stephen Cummins PART II SPANISH RELIGIOSITY AND ROMAN RELIGION 4 Rome as a 'Spanish Avignon'? The Spanish Faction and the Monarchy of Philip II Miles Pattenden 5 Rome and the 'Spanish Theology': Spanish Monarchy, Doctrinal Controversies and the Defence of Papal Prerogatives from Clement VIII to Urban VIII Paolo Broggio 6 Spanish Saints in Counter-Reformation Italy Clare Copeland PART III SPANISH VISION AND THE VISUAL ARTS IN ITALY 7 'Graecia Capta Ferum Victorem Coepit': Spanish Patrons and Italian Artists Piers Baker-Bates 8 The Stranded Tomb: Cultural Allusions in the Funeral Monument of Don Pedro de Toledo, San Giacomo degli Spagnoli, Naples Robert W. Gaston and Andrea M. Gáldy 9 Inventive Translation, Portraiture and Spanish Habsburg Taste in the Sixteenth Century Elena Calvillo 10 The Politics of Art or the Art of Politics? The Marquis del Carpio in Rome and Naples (1677-1687) Jorge Fernández-Santos Ortiz-Iribas Conclusion tists Piers Baker-Bates 8 The Stranded Tomb: Cultural Allusions in the Funeral Monument of Don Pedro de Toledo, San Giacomo degli Spagnoli, Naples Robert W. Gaston and Andrea M. Gáldy 9 Inventive Translation, Portraiture and Spanish Habsburg Taste in the Sixteenth Century Elena Calvillo 10 The Politics of Art or the Art of Politics? The Marquis del Carpio in Rome and Naples (1677-1687) Jorge Fernández-Santos Ortiz-Iribas Conclusion.