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The Old Law of Bizkaia (1452)
In 1452, Bizkaians assembled at the Oak of Gernika and approved the Fuero Viejo de Bizkaia (the Old Law of Bizkaia) one of Europe's most important yet little known medieval legal codes. Its laws encompassed an extraordinary range of individual and collective liberties, anticipating the 18th-century Declarations of Rights contained in the constitutions of the U.S. and France. It was extraordinarily modern in both spirit and letter and attracted the attention and admiration of John Adams and William Wordsworth. Its influence survives to the present day, underpinning Bizkaian and Basque claims to their own political identity within the Spanish state. Distributed for the Center for Basque Studies.
Constitutional Moments
“Constitution” is a rich term in Western political culture, encompassing political and juridical doctrine as well as government practices through the ages. This volume examines “constitutional moments” in history, those occasions or episodes when significant steps were taken in the definition or redefinition of polities. Their actors were writers or politicians, rulers or ruled, who found inspiration in a distant past or instead looked towards a future to be drawn anew. This book sheds light on such moments from Ancient Greece to the present day, mostly in Europe but also in the Ottoman world and the Americas, thereby uncovering a revealing variety of constitutional thinking and action throughout history. Contributors are: Jon Arrieta, Niall Bond, Luc Brisson, Peter Cholakov, Nora Chonowski, Angela De Benedictis, F. Sinem Eryilmaz, Hakon Evju, Pablo Fernández Albaladejo, Javier Fernández Sebastián, Merieke Gebhardt, Xavier Gil, Mark J. Hill, Ferenc Hörcher, Jaska Kainulainen, Thomas Lorman, Adriana Luna-Fabritius, Ere Nokkala, Brian Kjaer Olesen, András Pap, Nikola Regent, Alberto Mariano Rodríguez Martínez, Pablo Sánchez León, José Reis Santos, and Ersin Yildiz.
The Spanish Frustration
Old troubles with remote origins persist in modern Spain, including huge public debts, extensive corruption, widespread unlawfulness, oligarchical politics, territorial splits, and permanent protests and riots. When did Spain screw up? The Spanish Frustration provides an interpretation of several important aspects of present-day Spain and its past stories. It argues that, in the long term, Spain missed the opportunity to become a consolidated modern nation-state because it was entangled in imperial adventures for several centuries when it should have been building a solid domestic basis for further endeavors. In short: a ruinous empire made a weak state, which built an incomplete nation, which sustains a minority democracy.
The Basque Medieval City
"An analysis of medieval law in the Basque Country"--
William A. Douglass, Mr. Basque
"Biography of the noted anthropologist and key figure in the Basque Studies Program"--Provided by publisher.
El general espartero
A pesar de su decisiva participación en la historia política y militar de España en los albores de la Edad Contemporánea, la figura de Baldomero Espartero (1793-1879) sigue sin estudiarse con una atención proporcional a su importancia. Hasta ahora no se disponía de una biografía completa y moderna del militar que negoció el fin de la Primera Guerra Carlista, fue regente y dos veces presidente del Consejo de Ministros. El objetivo de esta extensa biografía no es aportar nuevos datos o tesis, ni quedarse en la mera descripción laudatoria de las hazañas de Espartero: mediante una exhaustiva revisión y síntesis de otras obras y numerosas fuentes historiográficas, este monográfico pretende restaurar en el lugar que le corresponde en la historia al hombre de origen plebeyo que pudo incluso llegar a ser rey de España, y rehusó ese título.
Identity, Culture, And Politics In The Basque Diaspora
Gloria P. Totoricagüena presents a thorough comparative examination of the remarkable endurance of Basque identity and culture in six countries of the far-flung Basque diaspora. Using the results of interviews and extensive anonymous surveys with more than eight hundred informants in the diaspora, plus extensive research in archives and printed sources in all six of her study countries, Totoricagüena reveals for the first time the complex and interrelated universe of these dispersed Basques. She explores the elements of their migration patterns and the institutions that have encouraged identity maintenance, the impacts on established communities of each new wave of immigrants, and the natu...
Escribanos y escribanías en el Señorío de Vizcaya durante la Edad Moderna
En esta obra, la autora nos acerca al mundo de los escribanos y de las escribanías que existieron en el Señorío de Vizcaya durante los siglos xvi-xviii. Se trata de los hombres y cargos que se encargaron de la escritura en aquellas centurias y, de esta manera, nos aproximamos a un mundo de poder, pleitos y alianzas internas por conservar aquellas posiciones en la administración de la Edad Moderna. Los escribanos eran los encargados de redactar documentación diversa, como podían ser las actas de las reuniones de las instituciones, pero también los contratos matrimoniales, dotes o testamentos de personas particulares. Estamos ante una sociedad donde la tasa de analfabetismo era muy elevada, por lo que la figura del escribano jugaba un papel fundamental, ya que no solo escribía, sino que también solía explicar lo redactado. Así, teniendo en cuenta la legislación de la época, se presentan las identidades e identificación de los escribanos y de sus escribanías, su contexto familiar, formación jurídica y lingüística, y muchos de los pleitos en los que estuvieron inmersos.
The Basques of New York
Generations of Basques in New York have vibrantly exercised their culture, language, values, and traditions, transmitting to their children a robust sense of ethnic identity. In today's world of globalization it is often assumed that particular communities are disappearing as a consequence of the factors of homogenization. However, the Basques have proved this false. Depicting Basque mutual aid societies, language courses, musical and dance troupes, cuisine classes, community activities, sport, political involvement, and ties to homeland institutions are just a few of the ingredients which mix to compose the chapters of this work. Readers will learn about the history and reasons why Basques ...
