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Admiration and Awe
This book explores the appropriation of Islamic architecture by Spanish historians during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, illuminating its relationship to the development of Spanish national identity.
Bishops under Threat
The late antique and the early medieval periods witnessed the flourishing of bishops in the West as the main articulators of social life. This influential position exposed them to several threats, both political and religious. Researchers have generally addressed violence, rebellions or conflicts to study the dynamics related to secular powers during these periods. They haven’t paid similar attention, however, to those analogous contexts that had bishops as protagonists. This book proposes an approach to bishops as threatened subjects in the late antique and early medieval West. In particular, the volume pursues three main goals. Firstly, it aims to identify the different types of threats ...
The Oxford Handbook of the Jesuits
Through its missionary, pedagogical, and scientific accomplishments, the Society of Jesus-known as the Jesuits-became one of the first institutions with a truly "global" reach, in practice and intention. The Oxford Handbook of the Jesuits offers a critical assessment of the Order, helping to chart new directions for research at a time when there is renewed interest in Jesuit studies. In particular, the Handbook examines their resilient dynamism and innovative spirit, grounded in Catholic theology and Christian spirituality, but also profoundly rooted in society and cultural institutions. It also explores Jesuit contributions to education, the arts, politics, and theology, among others. The v...
Settlement and Crusade in the Thirteenth Century
Settlement and Crusade in the Thirteenth Century sheds new light on formerly less explored aspects of the crusading movement and the Latin East during the thirteenth century. In commemoration of the 800th anniversary of the construction of 'Atlit Castle, a significant section of this volume is dedicated to the castle, which was one of the most impressive built in the Latin East. Scholarly debate has centred on the reasons behind the construction of the castle, its role in the defence of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the thirteenth century, and its significance for the Templar order. The studies in this volume shed new light on diverse aspects of the site, including its cemetery and the sur...
La Reconquista
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¡Reconquista! ¿Reconquista? Reconquista
Reconquista. ¿Sà o no? ¿Podemos seguir hablando de Reconquista? ¿En qué medida y con qué cautelas podrÃamos usar un término que cada vez es más polémico? ¿Es su empleo completamente legÃtimo? Estas son algunas de las cuestiones a las que este volumen colectivo, editado por David Porrinas, intenta responder, por medio de visiones múltiples y contrastadas proporcionadas por los mayores expertos en un debate que parece cada vez más espinoso y enconado. Un debate que ha permeado a la sociedad, con usos polÃticos del término difundidos por los medios de comunicación y las redes sociales, hasta dibujar el panorama de una confrontación que, en este caso, es más polÃtica que cien...
Enseñar Historia al margen de los cuerpos.
En el seno del Departamento de Historia de la Educación y Educación Comparada de la UNED se lleva a cabo desde 1992 una amplia investigación sobre los manuales escolares de los siglos XIX y XX —Proyecto MANES—, proyecto de carácter interdisciplinar e interuniversitario en el que colaboran investigadores de diversas universidades e instituciones españolas, europeas y latinoamericanas. En la actualidad este grupo de investigación está integrado en el Centro de Investigación MANES. Fruto del trabajo de todos estos años son los diversos tÃtulos que han visto la luz en esta colección. La obra Enseñar Historia al margen de los cuerpos. El cuerpo y sus metáforas en la historiografÃ...
Viewing Inscriptions in the Late Antique and Medieval World
This book considers the visual qualities of inscriptions from a cross-cultural perspective focusing on the period from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages.
OrÃgenes y desarrollo de la guerra santa en la PenÃnsula Ibérica
Este libro gira en torno al origen y desarrollo de la noción de guerra santa en la Edad Media peninsular. Se propone identificar un significativo elenco de testimonios terminológicos e iconográficos, relativos al concepto o realidad de la categorÃa «guerra santa», en fuentes de muy diversa naturaleza. Esos testimonios, debidamente contextualizados, ayudan a profundizar en un tema todavÃa pendiente de mayor seguimiento conceptual y metodológico. Solo a partir de esta identificación de recursos instrumentales es posible avanzar en el análisis necesariamente comparativo, diferenciado geográfica y cronológicamente, acerca de la compleja realidad de la que se está tratando. Dicho análisis sirvió de sustrato esencial en los procesos ideológicos de legitimación polÃtica a lo largo de prácticamente toda la Edad Media peninsular.
Odious Debt
What are fallen tyrants owed? What makes debt illegitimate? And when is bankruptcy moral? Drawing on new archival sources, this book shows how Latin American nations have wrestled with the morality of indebtedness and insolvency since their foundation, and outlines how their history can shed new light on contemporary global dilemmas. With a focus on the early modern Spanish Empire and modern Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina, and based on archival research carried out across seven countries, Odious Debt studies 400 years of history and unearths overlooked congressional debates and understudied thinkers. The book shows how discussions on the morality of debt and default played a structuring rol...
