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Bombs over Biscay, Barcelona and Dresden (1937-1945)
Sometimes tragedies that have little to distinguish them from a wide range of similar events and which can make no claim to record numbers of casualties or destructive impact go down in history as fundamental and emblematic. This is the case of two of the airstrikes discussed in this volume: Barcelona and Dresden. Other tragedies, however, are sometimes obscured by circumstances elsewhere. This is the case of the “other Guernicas”: that is to say, the bombings of Otxandio, Durango and Elorrio in Biscay. They are good examples not only of the brutality inherent in all wars and of how methods of combat become increasingly barbaric as conflicts wear on but also of the way in which some circumstances push events to the forefront of history and make them emblematic.
Southern Europe in the Age of Revolutions
An examination of revolutions in the Iberian and Italian peninsulas, Sicily and Greece in the 1820s that reveals a popular constitutional culture in the South After the turbulent years of the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna’s attempt to guarantee peace and stability across Europe, a new revolutionary movement emerged in the southern peripheries of the continent. In this groundbreaking study, Maurizio Isabella examines the historical moment in the 1820s when a series of simultaneous uprisings took the quest for constitutional government to Portugal, Spain, the Italian peninsula, Sicily and Greece. Isabella places these events in a broader global revolutionary context and, decente...
Catalonia's Advocates
Offering a window into the history of the modern legal profession in Western Europe, Stephen Jacobson presents a history of lawyers in the most industrialized city on the Mediterranean. Far from being mere curators of static law, Barcelona's lawyers were at the center of social conflict and political and economic change, mediating between state, family, and society. Beginning with the resurrection of a decadent bar during the Enlightenment, Jacobson traces the historical evolution of lawyers throughout the long nineteenth century. Among the issues he explores are the attributes of the modern legal profession, how lawyers engaged with the Enlightenment, how they molded events in the Age of Re...
The Peninsular War
The Peninsular War has been extensively studied by British historians for decades, even centuries, but the Spanish contribution to the conflict, which was fundamental to the defeat of Napoleon’s armies, has been largely relegated to minor role. This book is an attempt to rebalance our understanding of the campaign in Iberia, written by a Spanish historian and translated into English for the first time. The book does not attempt to minimize the problems the Spanish experienced nor the catastrophic defeats suffered by the Spanish Army, but the reasons for these setbacks are viewed and analyzed from the Spanish viewpoint. With the finest elements of the Spanish Army serving with the French fo...
Royalism, War and Popular Politics in the Age of Revolutions, 1780s-1870s
This book offers a ground-breaking approach to royalism and popular politics in Europe and the Americas during the Age of Revolutions. It shows how royalist and counterrevolutionary movements did not propose a mere return to the past, but rather introduced an innovative way of addressing the demands and expectations of various social groups. Ordinary people were involved in the war and adapted the traditional imaginary of the monarchy to craft new models of political participation. This edited collection brings together scholars from France, Spain, Norway, and Mexico, to provide a transatlantic comparative perspective. It is a must-read for scholars and students looking to discover the lesser-known side of the Age of Revolutions, and the motivations of those who fought in the name of the king.
El Trienni Liberal a la Conca de Barberà
El Trienni Liberal és un període de la història contemporània que transcorre entre 1820 i 1823 i que, malgrat la curta durada, va tenir una importància excepcional, ja que es van posar en pràctica les reformes liberals dissenyades a Cadis entre 1810 i 1814. Durant aquesta època es van dur a terme un conjunt de polítiques econòmiques, socials i de reorganització territorial i administrativa que volien posar l’Estat espanyol en sintonia amb el que s’estava impulsant en aquells moments en els estats liberals europeus més avançats. El Trienni Liberal va tenir un gran impacte a la comarca de la Conca de Barberà (desamortització monàstica i de les comandes religioses, fets bèl·lics, canvis administratius, tala descontrolada del bosc de Poblet, conflictes entre pobles, etc.). Els textos que conformen l’actual volum centren la seua atenció en aquest període tan poc estudiat de la nostra història.
La Societat Catalana d'Estudis Històrics: setanta anys de compromís amb la història (1946-2016)
La Societat Catalana d’Estudis Històrics (SCEH) va ser creada el 1946 en la clandestinitat. En foren promotors Ramon Aramon, Pere Bohigas i Miquel Coll i Alentorn. En un principi, es dividia en les seccions d’Història, d’Història de l’Art i de Llengua i Literatura. En foren presidents honoraris Pompeu Fabra i Josep Puig i Cadafalch. La Secció d’Història va ser reorganitzada el 1985 per una comissió gestora formada per Emili Giralt, Mercè Aventín, Joan Josep Busqueta, Montserrat Duran i Manuel Risques. Des d’aleshores ha funcionat sense interrupció sota les presidències successives de Josep M. Salrach, Montserrat Duran, Santiago Riera, Gaspar Feliu i Jaume Sobrequés i Callicó. Des de la primera etapa fins als nostres dies publica anualment el Butlletí de la Societat Catalana d’Estudis Històrics.
In the Shadow of Vitoria: A History of International Law in Spain (1770-1953)
In the Shadow of Vitoria: A History of International Law in Spain (1770-1953) offers the first comprehensive treatment of the intellectual evolution of international law in Spain from the late 18th century to the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War. Ignacio de la Rasilla del Moral recounts the history of the two ‘renaissances’ of Francisco de Vitoria and the Spanish Classics of International Law and contextualizes the ideological glorification of the Salamanca School by Franco’s international lawyers. Historical excursuses on the intellectual evolution of international law in the US and the UK complement the neglected history of international law in Spain from the first empire in history on which the sun never set to a diminished and fascistized national-Catholicist state.
