Author: Gregorio Marañón
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Antonio Perez, "Spanish Traitor."
Author: Gregorio Marañón
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Imprudent King
Author: Geoffrey Parker
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300210442
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
Philip II is not only the most famous king in Spanish history, but one of the most famous monarchs in English history: the man who married Mary Tudor and later launched the Spanish Armada against her sister Elizabeth I. This compelling biography of the most powerful European monarch of his day begins with his conception (1526) and ends with his ascent to Paradise (1603), two occurrences surprisingly well documented by contemporaries. Eminent historian Geoffrey Parker draws on four decades of research on Philip as well as a recent, extraordinary archival discovery—a trove of 3,000 documents in the vaults of the Hispanic Society of America in New York City, unread since crossing Philip’s own desk more than four centuries ago. Many of them change significantly what we know about the king. The book examines Philip’s long apprenticeship; his three principal interests (work, play, and religion); and the major political, military, and personal challenges he faced during his long reign. Parker offers fresh insights into the causes of Philip’s leadership failures: was his empire simply too big to manage, or would a monarch with different talents and temperament have fared better?
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300210442
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
Philip II is not only the most famous king in Spanish history, but one of the most famous monarchs in English history: the man who married Mary Tudor and later launched the Spanish Armada against her sister Elizabeth I. This compelling biography of the most powerful European monarch of his day begins with his conception (1526) and ends with his ascent to Paradise (1603), two occurrences surprisingly well documented by contemporaries. Eminent historian Geoffrey Parker draws on four decades of research on Philip as well as a recent, extraordinary archival discovery—a trove of 3,000 documents in the vaults of the Hispanic Society of America in New York City, unread since crossing Philip’s own desk more than four centuries ago. Many of them change significantly what we know about the king. The book examines Philip’s long apprenticeship; his three principal interests (work, play, and religion); and the major political, military, and personal challenges he faced during his long reign. Parker offers fresh insights into the causes of Philip’s leadership failures: was his empire simply too big to manage, or would a monarch with different talents and temperament have fared better?
Antonio Perez
Author: Julia Fitzmaurice-Kelly
Publisher: Hispanic Society of America
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Publisher: Hispanic Society of America
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
El Buscapié
Author: Adolfo de Castro
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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The Cambridge Modern History
Author:
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Category : History, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 964
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Sculpture Collections in Early Modern Spain
Author: Kelley Helmstutler Di Dio
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317058607
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
In the past decade, there has been a surge of Anglophone scholarship regarding Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which has led to a reframing of the discourses around Spanish culture of this period. Despite this new interest-in which painting, in particular, has been singled out for treatment-a comprehensive study of sculpture collections and the status of sculpture in Spain has yet to be produced. Sculpture Collections in Early Modern Spain is the first book to assess the phenomenon of sculpture collecting and in doing so, it alters the previously held notion that Spanish society placed little value in this art form. Di Dio and Coppel reveal that, due to the problems and expense of their transport from Italy, sculptures were in fact status symbols in the culture. Thus they were an important component of the collections formed by the royal family, cultivated noble collectors, humanists, and artists who had pretensions of high status. This book is especially useful to specialists for its discussion of the typologies of collections and objects, and of the mechanics of state gifts, transport, and collection display in this period. An appendix presents extensive archival documentation, most of which has never before been published. The authors have uncovered hundreds of new documents about sculpture in Spain; and new documentary evidence allows them to propose several new identifications and attributions. Firmly grounded in extensive archival research, Sculpture Collections in Early Modern Spain redefines the socio-political and art historical importance of sculpture in early modern Spain. Most importantly, it entirely transforms our knowledge regarding the presence of sculpture in a wide range of Spanish collections of the period, which until now has been erroneously characterized as close to non-existent.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317058607
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
In the past decade, there has been a surge of Anglophone scholarship regarding Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which has led to a reframing of the discourses around Spanish culture of this period. Despite this new interest-in which painting, in particular, has been singled out for treatment-a comprehensive study of sculpture collections and the status of sculpture in Spain has yet to be produced. Sculpture Collections in Early Modern Spain is the first book to assess the phenomenon of sculpture collecting and in doing so, it alters the previously held notion that Spanish society placed little value in this art form. Di Dio and Coppel reveal that, due to the problems and expense of their transport from Italy, sculptures were in fact status symbols in the culture. Thus they were an important component of the collections formed by the royal family, cultivated noble collectors, humanists, and artists who had pretensions of high status. This book is especially useful to specialists for its discussion of the typologies of collections and objects, and of the mechanics of state gifts, transport, and collection display in this period. An appendix presents extensive archival documentation, most of which has never before been published. The authors have uncovered hundreds of new documents about sculpture in Spain; and new documentary evidence allows them to propose several new identifications and attributions. Firmly grounded in extensive archival research, Sculpture Collections in Early Modern Spain redefines the socio-political and art historical importance of sculpture in early modern Spain. Most importantly, it entirely transforms our knowledge regarding the presence of sculpture in a wide range of Spanish collections of the period, which until now has been erroneously characterized as close to non-existent.
Apologia and Criticism
Author: Gonzalo Pasamar
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9783039119202
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This book is the first modern overview of the history of historiography in Spain. It covers sources from Juan de Mariana's History of Spain, written at the end of the sixteenth century, up to current historical writings and their context. The main objective of the book is to shed light on the continuities and breaks in the ways that Spanish historians represented ideas of Spain. The concept of historiography used is wide enough to span not only academic works and institutions but also public uses of history, including the history taught in schools. The methodology employed by the author combines the tradition of studies of national identity with those of historiography. One of the key themes in the book is the role of the historical profession in Spain and its influence on national discourse from the nineteenth century onwards.
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9783039119202
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This book is the first modern overview of the history of historiography in Spain. It covers sources from Juan de Mariana's History of Spain, written at the end of the sixteenth century, up to current historical writings and their context. The main objective of the book is to shed light on the continuities and breaks in the ways that Spanish historians represented ideas of Spain. The concept of historiography used is wide enough to span not only academic works and institutions but also public uses of history, including the history taught in schools. The methodology employed by the author combines the tradition of studies of national identity with those of historiography. One of the key themes in the book is the role of the historical profession in Spain and its influence on national discourse from the nineteenth century onwards.
Catalogue of Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to the Conquest of Mexico and Peru and the Reign of Philip the Second
Author: William Hickling Prescott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 52
Book Description
Spain
Author: Martin A. S. Hume
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Spain
Author: Martin Andrew Sharp Hume
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description