Don Guillén de San Clemente and the forming of the "Spanish party" at the court of Rudolf II.

This bachelor thesis deals with the Czech-Spanish relations in the second half of the 16th and at the beginning of the 17th century while following up the three basic lines of their creation: the royal, the aristocratic and the diplomatic. In the first place the thesis focuses on the task of the Spanish diplomacy and on the forming of the "Spanish Party" at the Prague Imperial Court of Rudolf II. who settled in the capital of the Czech Kingdom since 1583. An important role inside the "Spanish Party" belonged to the Spanish ambassador don Guillén de San Clemente (1539-1608) who settled in Prague for long twenty-seven years (1581-1608). The existence and the resemblance of the "Spanish Party" (facción espaola, partido espaol) are problematic realities and its denomination is not based in the contemporary source-books. It was more likely a group of people coming from the noble clans. It was formed on the base of the three lines, in the concrete on the relation patron-client. The Spanish ambassador acted as an intermediary of the client relations, i.e. relations between the patron (the Catholic King Philip II. or Philip III.) and the clients (the ministers from the Court of Rudolf II.), and he could even act at the Imperial Court of Rudolf II. as a patron (broker). The network of the clients created by don..