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Maritime Risk Management
Insurance is a legal, an actuarial and a financial product, and it is one out of many risk management strategies. It follows that its history can only be studied in the broader context of the development of such strategies, applying an interdisciplinary approach. The theme of the present volume is maritime risk management. After an overview over the history of insurance, the contributions to the present volume examine different maritime risk management strategies by adopting a variety of methodological approaches. Some contributions focus on normative provisions, others contrast practice with legal scholarship, or focus on the emergence of insurance companies as opposed to individual insurers. Again, other contributions give insights in marine insurance practice in specific cities or analyse insurance practice through the lens of specific insurance litigation. As to the time frame, the different contributions span from antiquity to the nineteenth century.
Napoleon’s Cursed War
A magisterial history of “Napoleon’s Vietnam”, by the highly acclaimed historian of Spain In this definitive account of the Peninsular War (1808–14), Napoleon’s six-year war against Spain, Ronald Fraser examines what led to the emperor’s devastating defeat against the popular opposition—the guerrillas—and their British and Portuguese allies. As well as relating the histories of the great political and military figures of the war, Fraser brings to life the anonymous masses—the artisans, peasants and women who fought, suffered and died—and restores their role in this barbaric war to its rightful place while overturning the view that this was a straightforward military campaign. This vivid, meticulously researched book offers a distinct and profound vision of “Napoleon’s Vietnam” and shows the reality of the disasters of war: the suffering, discontents and social upheaval that accompanied the fighting. With a new Introduction by Tariq Ali.
2005
Annually published since 1930, the International Bibliography of Historical Sciences (IBOHS) is an international bibliography of the most important historical monographs and periodical articles published throughout the world, which deal with history from the earliest to the most recent times. The IBOHS is thus currently the only continuous bibliography of its kind covering such a broad period of time, spectrum of subjects and geographical range. The works are arranged systematically according to period, region or historical discipline, and alphabetically according to authors names or, in the case of anonymous works, by the characteristic main title word. The bibliography contains a geographical index and indexes of persons and authors.
Textual Agency
Textual Agency examines the massive proliferation of poetic texts in fifteenth-century Spain, focusing on the important yet little-known cancionero poetry – the largest poetic corpus of the European Middle Ages. Ana M. Gómez-Bravo situates this cultural production within its social, political, and material contexts. She places the different forms of document production fostered by a shifting political and urban model alongside the rise in literacy and access to reading materials and spaces. At the core of the book lies an examination of both the materials of writing and how human agents used and transformed them, giving way to a textual agency that pertains not only to writers, but to the inscribed paper. Gómez-Bravo also explores how authorial and textual agency were competing forces in the midst of an era marked by the institution of the Inquisition, the advent of the absolutist state, the growth of cities, and the constitution of the Spanish nation.
Gender and Divorce in Europe: 1600 – 1900
Getting divorced and remarried are now common practices in European societies, even if the rules differ from one country to the next. Civil marriage law still echoes religious marriage law, which for centuries determined which persons could enter into marriage with each other and how validly contracted marriages could be ended. Religions and denominations also had different regulations regarding whether a divorce only ended marital obligations or also permitted remarriage during the lifetime of the divorced spouse. This book deals with predominantly handwritten documents of divorce proceedings from the British Isles to Western, Central, and Southeastern Europe, and from 1600 to the 1930s. Th...
Estado y periferias en la España del siglo XIX
L'època dels Estats nacionals, probablement en vies de superació, ens planteja la necessitat de fer un balanç de la seva trajectòria. Com pot valorar-se la de l'Estat nacional espanyol? Fins a quin punt la lògica i els interessos que predominaven en ell van ser distints dels quals sorgirien en unes perifèries clarament diferenciades? Quin grau de sintonia va trobar l'Estat central en aquestes societats perifèriques? En els debats polítics actuals com en la investigació històrica, els dèficits i les realitzacions de l'Estat ocupen un paper clau, sobretot quant al «llarg segle XIX», en el qual es va fargar l'Espanya contemporània. Aquest llibre, a la llum d'algunes de les més importants investigacions de l'última dècada, replanteja les grans qüestions i ofereix noves perspectives, més acords amb la investigació empírica i amb els estudis comparatius.
Teatro
Teatro de Ernesto Burgos (Zaragoza, 1897-Barcelona, 1948) supone la recuperación de las obras dramáticas conservadas de este desconocido autor aragonés, que ejerció la escritura teatral desde mediados de los años veinte a mediados de los cuarenta. Fue también el fundador y director de la revista zaragozana Pluma Aragonesa, en la que colaboraron muchos autores aragoneses, tanto escritores como pintores. Su teatro aborda temas muy diferentes, entre los que dominan la familia, la educación o la herencia genética. Escribió dramas bíblicos en verso (Ismael), teatro histórico (Pregón) o comedia de costumbres.
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.
