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Re-shaping the World
The essays presented in this volume were delivered as papers by British, Filipino, and Spanish historians at a conference in Manila on December 1-2, 1999.
Al hilo del tiempo
Al hilo del tiempo recoge los artículos publicados por el autor en los últimos treinta años, estructurados en torno a sus dos principales preocupaciones historiográficas: las Cortes, en especial las del Reino de Valencia, y la burocracia de la España Imperial. La primera parte sitúa las Cortes valencianas en el contexto de la península ibérica y de los parlamentos europeos, y se explican los momentos y circunstancias que llevaron al País Valenciano a aceptar la propuesta de la Unión de Armas del Conde Duque de Olivares en las Cortes de 1626. La segunda parte analiza la función de los colegios mayores españoles como instituciones de mecenazgo para la educación de las elites buroc...
¿La muerte del letrado? Consideraciones sobre la tipología del oficial español en el siglo XVIII
El libro que el lector tendrá entre sus manos recoge siete estudios de otros tantos investigadores, unidos por el esfuerzo de avanzar en el conocimiento de lo que representaron los juristas de Salamanca desde el siglo XV hasta el XX. Cierto que el trabajo de todos tiene otro común denominador, como es la pertenencia de los autores a un grupo de investigación, y a un proyecto, financiado por la Junta de Castilla y León, para el trienio 2008-2011, bajo la denominación, amplísima, que mucho ampara, de La proyección de los juristas de Salamanca en los ámbitos de la cultura, la política y la practica del derecho. Siglos XV-XX.
Japanese Travellers in Sixteenth-Century Europe
In 1582 Alessandro Valignano, the Visitor to the Jesuit mission in the East Indies, sent four Japanese boys to Europe. Until the arrival of the embassy in Europe, the Euro-Japanese encounter had been almost exclusively one way: Europeans going to Japan. This book is an account of their travels, their long journeys out and back, and the 20 months in Europe being received by popes and kings. It was published in Macao in 1590 with the title De Missione Legatorvm Iaponensium ad Romanum curiam. The present edition is the first complete version of this rich, complex and impressive work to appear in English, and is accompanied with maps and illustrations of the mission, and an introduction discussing its context and the subsequent reception of the book.
Charles I and the Road to Personal Rule
An analysis of the political crisis leading to Charles I's personal rule in England.
Cultura, política y práctica del derecho
El libro que el lector tendrá entre sus manos recoge siete estudios de otros tantos investigadores, unidos por el esfuerzo de avanzar en el conocimiento de lo que representaron los juristas de Salamanca desde el siglo XV hasta el XX. Cierto que el trabajo de todos tiene otro común denominador, como es la pertenencia de los autores a un grupo de investigación, y a un proyecto, financiado por la Junta de Castilla y León, para el trienio 2008-2011, bajo la denominación, amplísima, que mucho ampara, de La proyección de los juristas de Salamanca en los ámbitos de la cultura, la política y la practica del derecho. Siglos XV-XX.
An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean
John Martin (1789-1869) was a London-based, Edinburgh-educated physician interested in anthropological matters. This is his only book. He was inspired to write it by a chance encounter with its subject, William Mariner (1791-1853) who spent four years (1806-1810) in Tonga, in the South Pacific, one of the earliest European residents at a time before European influence disturbance or modification society. Mariner, an extraordinarily mature and perceptive youth, became thoroughly imbued with Tongan language and culture as the adopted son of the most powerful chief in Tonga. Thanks to Martin’s intelligent engagement with Mariner resulted in a compelling narrative and a comprehensive account of Tongan society which became a classic. Often celebrated as an extraordinary real-life adventure story, it is a pioneering work of anthropology, and for 200 years it has been a primary and authoritative source for research into Tongan history and culture.
Liberty, Authority, Formality
The essays in this volume are all inspired by the historical scholarship of J.C. Davis. During a prolific career, Davis has transformed our understanding of early modern utopian literature and its contexts, and compelled students of seventeenth-century English to re-evaluate the significance of movements and individuals who have had a prominent place in the historiography of the English Revolution. Davis's analyses of groups like the Levellers and individuals like Gerrard Winstanley and Oliver Cromwell has reoriented the inquiry around the contemporary moral themes of liberty, authority and formality-around which concepts this volume engages.
The Empire of the Cities
This study of the Spanish monarchy, bureaucracy and representative government under Charles V before and after the "comunero" revolt (1520-1521) demonstrates how the emperor and Castilian republics institutionalized management procedures that promoted accountability, advanced a meritocracy, and facilitated expansionism and domestic stability.
