The Spanish monarchy and the dogma of the Immaculate Conception: fervor, diplomacy and efforts in favour of his proclamation in the Modern Age

The study discusses the lengthy diplomatic negotiations and continuing efforts of the spanish monarchy remained with the Holy see, especially during the 17th century, so that a particular religious devotion, the immaculate conception of the virgin, was declared by rome as dogma of faith. the issue ended up being a matter of state; the wars that were lost on the battlefields, the Hapsburgs sought to earn them diplomatically gaining the favour of the papacy.El estudio trata sobre las prolongadas negociaciones diplomáticas y continuadas gestiones que la monarquía española mantuvo con la santa sede, especialmente durante el siglo XVII, para conseguir que una determinada devoción religiosa, la inmaculada concepción de la virgen, fuese declarada por roma como dogma de fe. dicho asunto terminó siendo una cuestión de estado; las guerras que se perdían en los campos de batalla, los austrias pretendieron ganarlas diplomáticamente obteniendo el favor del papado