Author: Todd Andrlik
Publisher: Journal of the American Revolu
ISBN: 9781594162787
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The fourth annual compilation of selected articles from the online Journal of the American Revolution.
Journal of the American Revolution
Author: Todd Andrlik
Publisher: Journal of the American Revolu
ISBN: 9781594162787
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The fourth annual compilation of selected articles from the online Journal of the American Revolution.
Publisher: Journal of the American Revolu
ISBN: 9781594162787
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The fourth annual compilation of selected articles from the online Journal of the American Revolution.
Gatherings from Spain
Author: Richard Ford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Galicia
Author: Annette M. B. Meakin
Publisher: Heritage Books
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
"Galicia is the least known and the least written about of all the little kingdoms that go to the making of Spain. Her boundaries have been greatly reduced since the days when the Romans divided the Peninsula into five provinces and called one of them Galicia".The irruption of the Saracens in 713 again changed the aspect of the Peninsula, and the limits of Galicia were contracted; but Spanish geographers to this day call her a reino, or kingdom, and divide her into four little provinces 'Coru'a, Pontevedra, Orense, and Lugo." The history of this little known Spanish kingdom examines geography, early history, architecture, emigration, farming, monasteries and other topics. Chapters include: Ancient Galicia; The Geography of Galicia; The First Golden Age; The Salve Regina; The Language of Galicia; Pilgrims to Santiago; The Architecture of Galicia; The Cathedral of Santiago; The Portico de Gloria; Sculptured Capitals; The Royal Hospital; The Colegiata de Sar; La Coru'a; Emigration; Rosalia Castro; Santiago de Compostela; Galicia's Livestock; Padron; La Bellisima Noya; Pontevedra; Vigo and Tuy; Orense; Monforte and Lugo; Betanzos and Ferrol; The Great Monasteries of Galicia; Trees, Fruits, and Flowers; and Dives Callaecia. A map of Galicia, 105 illustrations (mostly photographs), a bibliography, and an index to full names, places and subjects add to the value of this work.
Publisher: Heritage Books
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
"Galicia is the least known and the least written about of all the little kingdoms that go to the making of Spain. Her boundaries have been greatly reduced since the days when the Romans divided the Peninsula into five provinces and called one of them Galicia".The irruption of the Saracens in 713 again changed the aspect of the Peninsula, and the limits of Galicia were contracted; but Spanish geographers to this day call her a reino, or kingdom, and divide her into four little provinces 'Coru'a, Pontevedra, Orense, and Lugo." The history of this little known Spanish kingdom examines geography, early history, architecture, emigration, farming, monasteries and other topics. Chapters include: Ancient Galicia; The Geography of Galicia; The First Golden Age; The Salve Regina; The Language of Galicia; Pilgrims to Santiago; The Architecture of Galicia; The Cathedral of Santiago; The Portico de Gloria; Sculptured Capitals; The Royal Hospital; The Colegiata de Sar; La Coru'a; Emigration; Rosalia Castro; Santiago de Compostela; Galicia's Livestock; Padron; La Bellisima Noya; Pontevedra; Vigo and Tuy; Orense; Monforte and Lugo; Betanzos and Ferrol; The Great Monasteries of Galicia; Trees, Fruits, and Flowers; and Dives Callaecia. A map of Galicia, 105 illustrations (mostly photographs), a bibliography, and an index to full names, places and subjects add to the value of this work.
The Courtier and the King
Author: James M. Boyden
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520086227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
"This is a little jewel of a book. Beautifully and elegantly written, it examines the political career of an important figure at the court of Philip II of Spain. It is political biography in the best sense of the term."--Richard Kagan, author of Lucrecia's Dreams
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520086227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
"This is a little jewel of a book. Beautifully and elegantly written, it examines the political career of an important figure at the court of Philip II of Spain. It is political biography in the best sense of the term."--Richard Kagan, author of Lucrecia's Dreams
Henry Hudson
Author: Corey Sandler
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 9780806527390
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
A comprehensive and well-researched look at the nearly forgotten story of explorer Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage in the year 1610, this book is a fascinating story of adventure, mutiny, and discovery.
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 9780806527390
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
A comprehensive and well-researched look at the nearly forgotten story of explorer Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage in the year 1610, this book is a fascinating story of adventure, mutiny, and discovery.
The Story of Majorca and Minorca
Author: Clements R. Markham
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752420669
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Story of Majorca and Minorca by Clements R. Markham
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752420669
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Story of Majorca and Minorca by Clements R. Markham
The Spanish Craze
Author: Richard L. Kagan
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496207726
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
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 to the New Deal. As Spanish power and influence waned in the Atlantic World by the eighteenth century, her rivals created the “Black Legend,” which promoted an image of Spain as a dead and lost civilization rife with innate cruelty and cultural and religious backwardness. The Black Legend and its ambivalences influenced Americans throughout the nineteenth century, reaching a high pitch in the Spanish-American War of 1898. However, the Black Legend retreated soon thereafter, and Spanish culture and heritage became attractive to Americans for its perceived authenticity and antimodernism. Although the Spanish craze infected regions where the Spanish New World presence was most felt—California, the American Southwest, Texas, and Florida—there were also early, quite serious flare-ups of the craze in Chicago, New York, and New England. Kagan revisits early interest in Hispanism among elites such as the Boston book dealer Obadiah Rich, a specialist in the early history of the Americas, and the writers Washington Irving and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He also considers later enthusiasts such as Angeleno Charles Lummis and the many writers, artists, and architects of the modern Spanish Colonial Revival in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Spain’s political and cultural elites understood that the promotion of Spanish culture in the United States and the Western Hemisphere in general would help overcome imperial defeats while uniting Spaniards and those of Spanish descent into a singular raza whose shared characteristics and interests transcended national boundaries. With elegant prose and verve, The Spanish Craze spans centuries and provides a captivating glimpse into distinct facets of Hispanism in monuments, buildings, and private homes; the visual, performing, and cinematic arts; and the literature, travel journals, and letters of its enthusiasts in the United States.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496207726
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
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 to the New Deal. As Spanish power and influence waned in the Atlantic World by the eighteenth century, her rivals created the “Black Legend,” which promoted an image of Spain as a dead and lost civilization rife with innate cruelty and cultural and religious backwardness. The Black Legend and its ambivalences influenced Americans throughout the nineteenth century, reaching a high pitch in the Spanish-American War of 1898. However, the Black Legend retreated soon thereafter, and Spanish culture and heritage became attractive to Americans for its perceived authenticity and antimodernism. Although the Spanish craze infected regions where the Spanish New World presence was most felt—California, the American Southwest, Texas, and Florida—there were also early, quite serious flare-ups of the craze in Chicago, New York, and New England. Kagan revisits early interest in Hispanism among elites such as the Boston book dealer Obadiah Rich, a specialist in the early history of the Americas, and the writers Washington Irving and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He also considers later enthusiasts such as Angeleno Charles Lummis and the many writers, artists, and architects of the modern Spanish Colonial Revival in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Spain’s political and cultural elites understood that the promotion of Spanish culture in the United States and the Western Hemisphere in general would help overcome imperial defeats while uniting Spaniards and those of Spanish descent into a singular raza whose shared characteristics and interests transcended national boundaries. With elegant prose and verve, The Spanish Craze spans centuries and provides a captivating glimpse into distinct facets of Hispanism in monuments, buildings, and private homes; the visual, performing, and cinematic arts; and the literature, travel journals, and letters of its enthusiasts in the United States.
Spanish Prisons
Author: Arthur Griffiths
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752348399
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Spanish Prisons by Arthur Griffiths
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752348399
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Spanish Prisons by Arthur Griffiths
The First Global Village
Author: Martin Page
Publisher: Leya
ISBN: 9789724613130
Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
When Jonah was swallowed by the big fish, he was trying to escape to what is now Portugal. Here, Hannibal discovered the warriors, weapons and gold, to march on Rome; and Julius Caesar found the fortune that paid the way to his conquests of Gaul and England. During the Dark Ages further north, Portugal's Arab rulers made it part of the world's most advanced civilization. After the Norman conquest of Lisbon, the new Portugal bankrupted Venice and became the wealthiest nation in Europe. Before he became Pope John XXI, Joao Hispano of Lisbon wrote one of the first modern medical textbooks, consulted through much of Europe more than a century later. Portuguese Jews introduced tulips, chocolate and diamonds to Holland. The Portuguese gave the English afternoon tea, and Bombay, the key to empire. They brought to Africa protection from malaria, and slave-shipments to America; to India, higher education, curry and samosas; to Japan, tempura and firearms. Portugal entered the 21st century as the first European nation to have freed itself from communism, returned to democracy and set about rebuilding itself as a vital part of the new Europe. - Cover flap.
Publisher: Leya
ISBN: 9789724613130
Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
When Jonah was swallowed by the big fish, he was trying to escape to what is now Portugal. Here, Hannibal discovered the warriors, weapons and gold, to march on Rome; and Julius Caesar found the fortune that paid the way to his conquests of Gaul and England. During the Dark Ages further north, Portugal's Arab rulers made it part of the world's most advanced civilization. After the Norman conquest of Lisbon, the new Portugal bankrupted Venice and became the wealthiest nation in Europe. Before he became Pope John XXI, Joao Hispano of Lisbon wrote one of the first modern medical textbooks, consulted through much of Europe more than a century later. Portuguese Jews introduced tulips, chocolate and diamonds to Holland. The Portuguese gave the English afternoon tea, and Bombay, the key to empire. They brought to Africa protection from malaria, and slave-shipments to America; to India, higher education, curry and samosas; to Japan, tempura and firearms. Portugal entered the 21st century as the first European nation to have freed itself from communism, returned to democracy and set about rebuilding itself as a vital part of the new Europe. - Cover flap.
The Spanish Regime in Missouri
Author: Louis Houck
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description