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A comprehensive history that focuses on the crises of Spain in the late middle ages and the early transformations that underpinned the later successes of the Catholic Monarchs. Illuminates Spain's history from the early fourteenth century to the union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon in 1474 Examines the challenges and reforms of the social, economic, political, and cultural structures of the country Looks at the early transformations that readied Spain for the future opportunities and challenges of the early modern Age of Discovery Includes a helpful bibliography to direct the reader toward further study
Sceptres and Sciences argues convincingly that previous research on the Hispanic Late Baroque has underweighted the ideologies of ethnicity and empire embedded in Cartesianism and French neoclassicism. "... a masterful work of scholarship... should become essential reading in the field of Colonial and Spanish Enlightenment Studies."—Bulletin of Hispanic Studies
Annotation. Side-by-side Spanish/English collections of rich & entertaining legends & stories from Spain. An educational tool that improves reading, comprehension, & vocabulary while exploring the history & culture of Spain.
The Mediterranean : a firm priority of Spanish foreign policy? / Jesús A. Núñez Villaverde -- Spain and the United States : military primacy / Felipe Sahagún -- Spanish defence policy : Eurocorps and NATO reforms / Crispin Coates -- Development co-operation and humanitarian action in Spanish foreign policy / Mariano Aguirre and Francisco Rey.
Payne's study places Spain's Second Republic within the historical framework of Spanish liberalism, and the rapid modernisation of inter-war Europe. He aims to present a consistent and detailed interpretation, demonstrating striking parallels to the German Weimar Republic.
Six new titles in this bestselling series are packed with information which provide comprehensive overviews of each nation's people, geography, history, government, economy, and culture. Abundant full-color photos and maps guide the reader on a voyage of discovery. This series meets national social studies and geography curriculum standards.
Employs a variety of theoretical approaches, including critical and genre theories, archetypal criticism and biblical studies. Analyses an important literary trend, apocalyptic fiction around the end of the second millennium. Contextualises and explains the Spanish novels historically and compares and contrasts them with other global apocalyptic fictions. Supports its observations with close-reading of the texts.
Tracing the political evolution of the Iberian peninsula from late Roman imperial provinces to monarchies of the mid-fifteenth century, essays on the significant periods of medieval Spain sketch the major political, economic, social and intellectual features of their times.
Engaging history of the rich cultural, social and political life of Spain from prehistoric times to the present.
This book should appeal to all aficionados of the romance of the sea as well as to specialists in Spanish and Latin American colonial history.--Benjamin Keen, author of A History of Latin America