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13 produkter
Spain in America
The Origins of Hispanism in the United States
Inbunden, 2002
582 kr
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Setting aside the pastiche of bullfighters and flamenco dancers that has dominated the U.S. image of Spain for more than a century, this innovative volume uncovers the roots of Spanish studies to explain why the diversity, vitality, and complexity of Spanish history and culture have been reduced in …
Lucrecia's Dreams
Politics and Prophecy in Sixteenth-Century Spain
Häftad, 1995
277 kr
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Branded by the Spanish Inquisition as an "evil dreamer," a "notorious mother of prophets," the teenager Lucrecia de Leon had hundreds of bleak but richly imaginative dreams of Spain's future that became the stuff of political controversy and scandal. Based upon surviving transcripts of her dreams …
Cities of the Golden Age
The Views of Anton Van den Wyngaerde
E-bok, 1989
587 kr
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In the sixteenth century Spain was at the height of its glory, enjoying a period of exceptional power, wealth, and artistic splendor. In 1561 Philip II commissioned Europe''s leading topographical artist, Anton van den Wyngaerde, to prepare cities and towns of his Golden Age empire. Van den …
Spain, Europe and the Atlantic
Essays in Honour of John H. Elliott
Av Richard L. Kagan, Geoffrey Parker m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
821 kr
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The idea of a dialogue - sometimes harmonious, sometimes divisive - between the centre and periphery of the early modern European state stands at the heart of much of John Elliott's historical writing. It is the fulcrum around which his Imperial Spain revolves, and it lies at the heart of his …
Atlantic Diasporas
Jews, Conversos, and Crypto-Jews in the Age of Mercantilism, 1500–1800
Av Richard L. Kagan, Philip D. Morgan
Häftad, 2009
502 kr
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This wide-ranging narrative explores the role that Jews, Conversos, and Crypto-Jews played in settling and building the Atlantic world between 1500 and 1800. Through the interwoven themes of markets, politics, religion, culture, and identity, the essays here demonstrate that the world of Atlantic …
Clio and the Crown
The Politics of History in Medieval and Early Modern Spain
Inbunden, 2009
829 kr
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Monarchs throughout the ages have commissioned official histories that cast their reigns in a favorable light for future generations. These accounts, sanctioned and supported by the ruling government, often gloss over the more controversial aspects of a king's or queen's time on the throne. …
Inquisitorial Inquiries
Brief Lives of Secret Jews and Other Heretics
Av Richard L. Kagan, Abigail Dyer
Häftad, 2011
398 kr
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On the first day of Francisco de San Antonio's trial before the Spanish Inquisition in Toledo in 1625, his interrogators asked him about his parentage. His real name, he stated, was Abram Ruben, and he had been born in Fez of Jewish parents. How then, Inquisitors wanted to know, had he become a …
Inquisitorial Inquiries
Brief Lives of Secret Jews and Other Heretics
Av Richard L. Kagan, Abigail Dyer
Inbunden, 2011
767 kr
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On the first day of Francisco de San Antonio's trial before the Spanish Inquisition in Toledo in 1625, his interrogators asked him about his parentage. His real name, he stated, was Abram Ruben, and he had been born in Fez of Jewish parents. How then, Inquisitors wanted to know, had he become a …
Students and Society in Early Modern Spain
Häftad, 2020
567 kr
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Originally published in 1974. The close connection between universities and bureaucratic institutions such as church and state was perhaps first noticed by Max Weber. Such institutions, he observed, require a dependable source of cadres to run them. Thus, the size and composition of university …
Spanish Craze
America's Fascination with the Hispanic World, 1779–1939
Inbunden, 2019
470 kr
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The Spanish Craze is the compelling story of the centuries-long U.S. fascination with the history, literature, art, culture, and architecture of Spain. Richard L. Kagan offers a stunningly revisionist understanding of the origins of hispanidad in America, tracing its origins from the early republic …
Inquisition's Inquisitor
Henry Charles Lea of Philadelphia
Inbunden, 2024
850 kr
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The first comprehensive biography of Philadelphia's Henry C. Lea (1825–1909): historian, publisher, political activist, and reformerWriting in 1868, the Philadelphia publisher-cum-historian Henry Charles Lea informed a friend, "I am trying to collect the materials for a history of the Inquisition." …
Inquisition's Inquisitor
Henry Charles Lea of Philadelphia
E-bok, 2024
1184 kr
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The first comprehensive biography of Philadelphia’s Henry C. Lea (1825–1909): historian, publisher, political activist, and reformer Writing in 1868, the Philadelphia publisher-cum-historian Henry Charles Lea informed a friend, “I am trying to collect the materials for a history of the …
Atlantic Diasporas
Jews, Conversos, and Crypto-Jews in the Age of Mercantilism, 1500–1800
Av Richard L. Kagan, Philip D. Morgan
Inbunden, 2009
652 kr
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This wide-ranging narrative explores the role that Jews, Conversos, and Crypto-Jews played in settling and building the Atlantic world between 1500 and 1800. Through the interwoven themes of markets, politics, religion, culture, and identity, the essays here demonstrate that the world of Atlantic …
