%0 Journal Article %A Steven, Thiry %T De constructie van een vorstelijk imago - Perkin Warbeck in de Nederlanden en het Heilige Roomse Rijk (1492-1495) %D 2011 %J Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis, %V 124 %N 2 %P 156-173 %@ 2352-1163 %R https://doi.org/10.5117/TVGESCH2011.2.THIR %I Amsterdam University Press, %X This article explores how the ‘royal image’ of the English pretender to the throne, Perkin Warbeck, was created during his stay in the Burgundian-Habsburg Netherlands and the Holy Roman Empire between 1492 and 1495. This process of ‘construction’ was not uniform. It was ever evolving and unlinear. It contained the formulation of a credible claim to the throne and the adoption of a plausible princely appearance. Warbeck participated in ceremonial and political transactions and affirmed in this manner his new social position. Nevertheless, as well on the side of Warbeck as Henry VII – the Tudor whose kingship was menaced – a ‘deconstruction’ of the other’s kingship was simultaneously pursued. This also formed an integral part of rulers’ reputations. %U https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/TVGESCH2011.2.THIR