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The Cathedrals of Northern Spain
In 'The Cathedrals of Northern Spain,' Charles Rudy offers a venerable exploration into the rich tapestry of history and architecture that adorns the landscapes of Spain's northern provinces. The book delves into the ecclesiastical constructs not merely as structures of worship but as repositories of cultural and historical narratives. Rudy's style is academic yet accessible, teeming with detailed descriptions and scholarly insights that situate these grand edifices within their broader historical and cultural contexts. The prose brings to life the bishops, rulers, and notable personages linked to these cathedrals, thus providing a comprehensive look at their developmental history and the in...
Bulletin
Quarterly accession lists; beginning with Apr. 1893, the bulletin is limited to "subject lists, special bibliographies, and reprints or facsimiles of original documents, prints and manuscripts in the Library," the accessions being recorded in a separate classified list, Jan.-Apr. 1893, a weekly bulletin Apr. 1893-Apr. 1894, as well as a classified list of later accessions in the last number published of the bulletin itself (Jan. 1896)
The Great Sea
Connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea has been for millennia the place where religions, economies, and political systems met, clashed, influenced and absorbed one another. In this brilliant and expansive book, David Abulafia offers a fresh perspective by focusing on the sea itself: its practical importance for transport and sustenance; its dynamic role in the rise and fall of empires; and the remarkable cast of characters-sailors, merchants, migrants, pirates, pilgrims-who have crossed and re-crossed it. Ranging from prehistory to the 21st century, The Great Sea is above all a history of human interaction. Interweaving major political and naval developments with the ebb ...
A History of the Romantic Movement in Spain
Originally published in 1940 as the first part of a two-volume study, this book examines the Romantic Movement in Spain from its roots in the Spanish Golden Age during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, to the Romantic revival in the nineteenth century and the ensuing conflict between Classicists and Romanticists, which abated after 1837. Peers looks at key texts in the history of the Romantic style, as well as external influences on Spanish style in this period of literary upheaval. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of Spanish literature or the Romantic Period.
