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The Debate on the Trial of the Templars (1307–1314)
Seven hundred years after the dissolution of the order, the trial of the Templars still arouses enormous controversy and speculation. In October 1307, all the brothers of the military-religious order of the Temple in France were arrested on the instructions of King Philip IV and charged with heresy and other crimes. In 1312, Pope Clement V, at the Council of Vienne, dissolved the order. Since the 1970s, there has been increasing scholarly interest in the trial, and a series of books and articles have widened scholars' understanding of causes of this notorious affair, its course and its aftermath. However, many gaps in knowledge and understanding remain. What were the Templars doing in the mo...
The Hundred Years War (Part III)
In this work, the third volume of essays dealing with many understudied aspects of the Hundred Years War, American, British, and European scholars deal with the varied sources that reveal the lives of soldiers in the conflict as well as the development of strategy and generalship in the many theaters of the war. The authors also focus on real heroes and villains of the conflict as well as the war’s impact on regions as scattered as Wales, the Low Countries, Italy, Scotland and Spain. Contributors are Adrian Bell, Anne Curry, Adam Chapman, Andy King, David Simpkin, Christopher Candy, Donald Kagay, William Caferro, David Hoornstra, Elena Odio, Daniel Franke, David Green, Philip Morgan, Sean McGlynn, Wendy Turner, Andrew Villalon, Aleksandra Pfau, Kelly DeVries, and Sergio Boffa. Winner of the 2014 Verbruggen Prize of De Re Militari (the Society for the Study of Medieval Military History) given annually for the best book on medieval military history.
Conflict in Fourteenth-Century Iberia
In Conflict in Fourteenth-Century Iberia, Kagay and Villalon trace the complicated economic military, political, and social background of the relationship of Iberia’s two greatest Christian states of the fourteenth century, Castile and the Crown of Aragon and their rulers, Pedro I (r. 1350-1366/69) and Pere III (r. 1336-1387). Besides chapters discussing the War of the Two Pedros (1356-1366) and the Castilian Civil War (1366-1369), the authors provide extended treatments of the strategical and tactical elements of the conflicts, the parliamentary, diplomatic, and governmental developments that occurred because of the conflicts as well as their social and political aftermaths. This work, along with authors’ earlier book on the battle of Nájera (1367) provides a much-needed review of Iberia’s violent fourteenth century.
Tennessee Williams and Europe
Tennessee Williams and Europe: Intercultural Encounters, Transatlantic Exchanges documents the bi-directional exchange of ideas and images between Williams and post-war Europe that have altered the artistic landscapes of both continents. Fifteen Williams scholars from around the world examine this artistic symbiosis and explore avenues of research mostly uncharted in Williams scholarship to date, including our understanding of the early Williams and the uses he made of various European sources in his theatre; the late Williams and the promise European theatre afforded him with his experimental plays; and the posthumous Williams and his influence on late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century European theatre and cinema. To some extent both a product of and a muse for Europe over the last half century, Williams is well positioned to become America’s most famous playwright on the international stage. This book hopes to mark the beginnings of Williams’ rich critical tradition within that global context.
Los almogávares
Los almogávares. La expansión mediterránea de la Corona de Aragón relata las vicisitudes de un principado, el catalán, que se encuentra en una difícil encrucijada: discernir si debe fomentar el comercio con tierras lejanas para enriquecerse rápidamente y desbancar a Génova y Venecia de la primacía mediterránea o, por el contrario, formar ejércitos y batirse en continuas luchas con el fin de conquistar los países vecinos para establecer un perdurable imperio en el mar Mediterráneo. La narración desgaja la expansión de la Corona catalano-aragonesa mediante las vivencias de los almogávares, temibles soldados mercenarios que lucharon por su rey y por su nación, y que devastaron ...
Barcelona
Barcelona has existed as a settlement for two millennia. Early civilizations shaped the city before it achieved, in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, global power as a trading metropolis and empire capital. After a long struggle with the unifying Spanish state, the city revived, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as an industrial and commercial powerhouse. It became a center of culture, ornamented by modern planning and wondrous works by Gaudí and others. Barcelona became known as “The Rose of Fire”: home to revolutionaries and anarchists. Creativity and conflict continued to shape Barcelona in the twentieth century, as its citizens faced the Spanish Republic, Civil War and Franco’s dictatorship. Linking social and cultural currents to the rich architectural and experiential heritage of this multi-layered city, McDonogh and Martínez-Rigol reveal Barcelona’s hidden history to modern-day visitors and residents alike.
España estratégica
España estratégica es una reflexión sobre la historia desde un enfoque distinto a los habituales. En efecto, no existen estudios históricos dedicados a España en los que el hilo conductor sea la estrategia, entendida en su sentido más amplio como arte o traza con que se dirige un asunto, en este caso la vida de una nación. También, cuando proceda, se analizará el concepto, en un plano inferior y derivado del anterior, como el arte de conducir operaciones militares. Pero ésta no es una historia militar, sino una historia de pasiones sentidas por el pueblo español y por sus dirigentes en las sucesivas estapas de su existir como nación. Pasiones que, en todo caso, se someten a los d...
Historia breve del País Vasco
Necesitan los vascos, pues no puede ser de otro modo, conocer su historia. Y al mismo tiempo, como si de una obligación se tratase, el resto de los pueblos de España. Porque no hay mejor camino para alcanzar la comprensión que el acercamiento tolerante y abierto hacia el pasado. Es así, como se habrá de construir el futuro. Esta es la razón principal que ha movido a la elaboración de este libro. Todo un viaje desde la prehistoria, la singular romanización, la cruenta y prometedora Edad Media, la siempre sugerente realidad foral, el auge de la burguesía, la industrialización, el pluralismo, la incertidumbre del siglo pasado y la esperanza del presente. Un recorrido breve pero completo en un país, el de los vascos, que sufre todavía de incomprensión, indiferencia y, en muchos casos, de ignorancia. Este libro es, por lo tanto, una introducción necesaria, una guía básica para romper con los tópicos de siempre. Una herramienta fundamental para conocer las claves de un país en el que la dudas sobre el futuro son tan grandes que no sería justo dejar que sean sólo unos pocos los que nos cuenten su historia.
Parlant clar
El 13 de juny del 2010, Agustí Benedito es va convertir en l’altre guanyador de les eleccions a la presidència del FC Barcelona. Un candidat que va ser l’autèntica revelació d’una campanya apassionant, i en qui continua intacte el somni de presidir algun dia el club més important de Catalunya. En aquest llibre, Benedito parla clar. El seu testimoni és la visió fresca i sincera de cent dies de bogeria, d’hores robades al son,de quilòmetres a la recerca del suport del soci, però també de pressions i maniobres que evidencien que el Barça de tots és de vegades el Barça d’uns quants. «Continuarem, perquè els somnis no són propietat de ningú.»
Ibn Jaldún
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