Histories of Europe – serie

Galicia is a region in north-west Spain, with a population of just under three million people. This study provides an introduction to the landmarks of its history, from pre-history to 2005. It also details controversies and debates linked to Galicia's development, and points out connections between Galicia and Spain, Europe and the Atlantic world.

Cornwall, one of Britain's most popular tourist destinations, is also one of the least well understood. In Cornwall today, there is a greater recognition of Cornish identity, and the close Celtic ties with Wales and Brittany, than ever before. But its Celtic history co-exists with a thousand years of political and cultural influence from England. Imagined as both Celtic country and English county, Cornwall is a land of contrasts. This book traces the creative tensions produced by its unique history, from an independent British kingdom through a culturally distinct medieval province and a prominent industrial region in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to its present location as a post-industrial paradox: nation, region and county all wrapped in one.