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Strong Roads a Spanish Shipwreck Survivor in Ancient Hawaii
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 381

Strong Roads a Spanish Shipwreck Survivor in Ancient Hawaii

In 1565 the Spanish perfected, after 40 years of failure, a circular course between Acapulco Mexico and Manila, in the Philippines. Their ships, laden with silver ingots, were sent from Acapulco every year until the early 1800's. Stories exist that the Hawaiian Islands were known to the Spanish before their 'discovery'. Beyond this, Hawaiian stories accurately tell of people washing ashore their land. This is the fictional story about the connection between ancient Hawaii and the Manila Galleons, told through the eyes of a Spanish soldier.

Jews, Slaves, and the Slave Trade
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 377

Jews, Slaves, and the Slave Trade

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2000-07-01
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  • Publisher: NYU Press

Lays to rest the controversial myth of Jewish involvement in the slave trade In the wake of the civil rights movement, a great divide opened up between African American and Jewish communities. What was historically a harmonious and supportive relationship suffered from a powerful and oft-repeated legend, that Jews controlled and masterminded the slave trade and owned slaves on a large scale, well in excess of their own proportion in the population. In this groundbreaking book, likely to stand as the definitive word on the subject, Eli Faber cuts through this cloud of mystification to recapture an important chapter in both Jewish and African diasporic history. Focusing on the British empire, ...

Knights on the Frontier
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 381

Knights on the Frontier

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2009
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  • Publisher: BRILL

The kings of Castile maintained a personal cavalry guard through much of the fifteenth century, consisting of practicing Muslims and converts to Christianity. This privileged Muslim elite provides an interesting case-study to propose new theories about voluntary conversion from Christianity to Islam in the Iberian Peninsula, as well as the ways of assimilation of such a group into the local and courtly environments where they lived thereafter. Other subjects involved are the transformation of royal armies from feudal companies to regimented, professional forces including a well-trained cavalry, which in Castile was formed partly by these knights. Their descendants had to endure the changing policies conveyed by Isabel and Fernando, which increased discriminatory habits towards converts in Castilian society.

Reports on the Discovery of Peru: I. Report of Francisco de Xeres, Secretary to Francisco Pizarro. II.- Edited Title
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 103

Reports on the Discovery of Peru: I. Report of Francisco de Xeres, Secretary to Francisco Pizarro. II.- Edited Title

Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction. Documents of c. 1533. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1872.

The Jesuits and Religious Intercultural Management in Early Modern Times
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 231

The Jesuits and Religious Intercultural Management in Early Modern Times

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2024-03-12
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  • Publisher: Vernon Press

This book discusses the role of human capital and a global mindset for a successful intercultural management of the Society of Jesus in the geographical contexts of Japan and Peru during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Historical data for more than 200 Jesuits has been evaluated and analyzed according to modern management theory. The work is, therefore, an interdisciplinary study related to the history of religious orders, European expansion, and trans- or intercultural management and shows how the Jesuit missionaries in Japan and Peru were able to achieve and stimulate a successful expansion of their order’s influence in these regions of the world. While analyzing a historical topic, the book is also of interest to modern day managers and those who are interested in creating a successful strategy for intercultural management.

The Lara Family
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 220

The Lara Family

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Chronicle of the Cid
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 600

Chronicle of the Cid

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1846
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Poema de Mio Cid
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 273

Poema de Mio Cid

One of the most powerful and sustained works in all medieval literature, without which no series could be considered complete. The Poem of My Cid deals with the exploits of the medieval Castilian warrior, beginning with the sorrow of his departure into exile and focusing on his determination to regain the favour of his king.

Chronicle of the Cid, from the Span. by R. Southey. 1st Amer. ed
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 502

Chronicle of the Cid, from the Span. by R. Southey. 1st Amer. ed

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1846
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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