"Baroque Horrors turns the current cultural and political conversation from the familiar narrative patterns and self-justifying allegories of abjection to a dialogue on the history of our modern fears and their monstrous offspring. When life and death are severed from nature and…
"This book deals with one of most controversial issues of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939): the "Red Terror." Approximately 50,000 Spaniards were extrajudically executed in Republican Spain following the failure of the military rebellion in July 1936. This mass killing of "fasc…
"This book deals with one of most controversial issues of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939): the "Red Terror." Approximately 50,000 Spaniards were extrajudically executed in Republican Spain following the failure of the military rebellion in July 1936. This mass killing of "fasc…
Focuses on the Iberian Jews and conversos, Jews who converted to Christianity, exploring the idea of the Christian traditions, the differences between the perspectives of the of the Iberian Jews of the period. Special attention is devoted to da Costa and Spinoza, offering a new …
In this volume, J.H. Elliott gathers writings that reflect his recent research and thinking on politics, art, culture, and ideas in Europe and the colonial worlds between 1500 and 1800.
When J.H. Elliott published Spain and Its World, 1500-1700 some twenty years ago, one of many enthusiasts declared, "For anyone interested in the history of empire, of Europe and of Spain, here is a book to keep within reach, to read, to study and to enjoy" (Times Literary Suppl…
Reúne 9 trabajos que analizan la situación de las lenguas de España (gallego, vasco, catalán y asturiano), con información sobre las diversas realidades lingüísticas y su evolución desde la Transición hasta la actualidad.
Reúne 9 trabajos que analizan la situación de las lenguas de España (gallego, vasco, catalán y asturiano), con información sobre las diversas realidades lingüísticas y su evolución desde la Transición hasta la actualidad.
At the center of their world -- pt. 1. Childhood -- Mastering the court -- Teachers and formal instruction -- Defenders of the faith -- pt. 2. Transitions to adulthood -- Courtship and marriage -- The problem of the infantes -- "El príncipe instruido"--The function of royalty.
This book takes a bold new look at both Spain's and Portugal's New World empires in a trans-Atlantic context. It argues that modern notions of sovereignty in the Atlantic world have been unstable, contested, and equivocal from the start. It shows how much contemporary notions of…
