An Historiographical Introduction to the World of Philip IV - Alexander SamsonPART I: BEHIND THE SCENES'Perceptions of Kingship: Governing with and without a valido' - Alistair Malcolm'Spain's Seventeenth-Century Crisis Seen from the Perspective of the New World' - Guillermo Mira Delli-Zotti'Naples versus the Neapolitans: The Political Role of the Viceroy during the Crisis of the Viceregal System (1637-1647)' - Marina Perruca Gracia'St Rose of Lima as Exemplar of the Political Health of Philip IV's Kingdoms (1630s-1660s)' - Stephen M. HartTwo 'Prophets' and One Confessor: Philip IV's Spiritual Stage in 1643-1644 - Gianfranco Armando and Alberto Pérez Camarma'Smugglers, Thieves and Fraudsters: Francisco de León and the Seville Revolt of 1652' - Fred Carnegy-Arbuthnott,PART II: ON THE WORLD STAGE 'Staging the Planet King: Apotheosis and Glory' - Julio Vélez Sainz'Do You Paint, or Give Life? The Power of Diego Velázquez's Lifelike Portraits of Philip IV' - R.T.C. Goodwin'Heroic Virtue: The Cardinal Infante Don Ferdinand of Austria, in Hunting Dress, Prince of the Celestial Habsburg Army' - Isabel-María Lloret-Sos'The Portrayal of Mariana of Austria as Archduchess and Spanish Queen' - Mercedes Llorente'The King, the Palace and the Cabinet: Knowledge on Display' - Virginia Ghelarducci'Between the Picaresque and the Picturesque: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) Visualising Spain in an Age of Decline?' - Alexander Samsonon Ferdinand of Austria, in Hunting Dress, Prince of the Celestial Habsburg Army' - Isabel-María Lloret-Sos'The Portrayal of Mariana of Austria as Archduchess and Spanish Queen' - Mercedes Llorente'The King, the Palace and the Cabinet: Knowledge on Display' - Virginia Ghelarducci'Between the Picaresque and the Picturesque: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) Visualising Spain in an Age of Decline?' - Alexander Samsonon Ferdinand of Austria, in Hunting Dress, Prince of the Celestial Habsburg Army' - Isabel-María Lloret-Sos'The Portrayal of Mariana of Austria as Archduchess and Spanish Queen' - Mercedes Llorente'The King, the Palace and the Cabinet: Knowledge on Display' - Virginia Ghelarducci'Between the Picaresque and the Picturesque: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) Visualising Spain in an Age of Decline?' - Alexander Samsonon Ferdinand of Austria, in Hunting Dress, Prince of the Celestial Habsburg Army' - Isabel-María Lloret-Sos'The Portrayal of Mariana of Austria as Archduchess and Spanish Queen' - Mercedes Llorente'The King, the Palace and the Cabinet: Knowledge on Display' - Virginia Ghelarducci'Between the Picaresque and the Picturesque: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) Visualising Spain in an Age of Decline?' - Alexander Samson.