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Tolerance and Coexistence in Early Modern Spain
There has been a widely-held consensus among historians that the Moriscos of Spain made little or no attempt to assimilate to the majority Christian culture around them, and that this apparent obduracy made their expulsion between 1609 and 1614 both necessary and inevitable. This book challenges that view. Assimilation, coexistence, and tolerance between Old and New Christians in early modern Spain were not a fiction or a fantasy, but could be a reality, made possible by the thousands of ordinary individuals who did not subscribe to the negative vision of the Moriscos put around by the propagandists of the government, and who had lived in peace and harmony side by side for generations. For s...
Records of the Trials of the Spanish Inquisition in Ciudad Real
V. 4 (Documents, Bibliographical Notes, Indexes) published in 1985.
Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
With contributions by numerous experts
Sex Crimes, Honour, and the Law in Early Modern Spain
Based on approx. 350 lawsuits from the Sala de Vizcaya at the Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid, between 1500 and 1750.
Women in the Inquisition
The accounts, representing the experiences of girls and women from different classes and geographical regions, include the trials' vastly divergent outcomes ranging from burning at the stake to exoneration.
Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Latin America
Finalist for 2009 The Council on Botanical & Horticultural Libraries Literature Award!A Comprehensive Guide Addressing Safety, Efficacy, and Suitability About a quarter of all the medicines we use come from rainforest plants and more than 1,400 varieties of tropical plants are being investigated as potential cures for cancer. Curare comes from
In Iberia and Beyond
"This collection of articles is an attempt to get at the complexities of Sephardic history by bringing together scholars who approach the topic from quite different points of view and quite different methodologies. It includes twelve essays selected from those presented at a conference at the University of Maryland to mark the 500th anniversary of the expulsion of Jews from Spain." "The papers range chronologically from the eleventh to seventeenth centuries, and geographically from Spain to Italy and the Low Countries."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Thunder Road
Evoking Stephen King's terrifying novelThe Gunslinger and the epic adventure film Cowboys and Aliens, Tamara Thorne delivers a tantalizing blend of horror and Western SciFi--in an arid, dangerous world from which there is no escape. . . The California desert town of Madelyn boasts all sorts of attractions for visitors. Join the audience at the El Dorado Ranch for a Wild West show. Take a ride through the haunted mine at Madland Amusement Park. Scan the horizon for UFOs. Find religion with the Prophet's Apostles--and be prepared for the coming apocalypse. Because the apocalypse has arrived in Madelyn. People are disappearing. Strange shapes and lights dart across the night sky. And a young ma...
Miami
«Un suspense dont on ne peut plus se détacher.» Carmen Montessuit, Le Journal de Montréal «C’est l’un des meilleurs romans à suspense paru depuis longtemps.» Marie-Hélène Therrien, Journal autour de l’Ile «Marc Fisher est doué pour monter un bon suspense et Miami plaira à qui aime le genre.» Louise Chevrier, La Terre de chez nous «Miami est un roman pétillant. Les personnages charmants, énigmatiques, et monsieur B, un atout savoureux. Marc Fisher nous a habitué à des romans où les personnages nous ressemblent. Miami ne fait pas exception. (...) Ce roman se lit d’un trait. Un bon petit roman estival !» Francine Charrette, Club-Culture
