2,801円 The Spanish empire in America was the first of the great seaborne empires of western Europe; it was for long the richest and the most formidable, the focus of envy, fear, and hatred. Its haphazard beginning dates from 1492; it was to last more than three hundred years before breaking up in the ea...

9,950円 Between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries in Spain, a large number of parodic works were produced that featured depictions of humourous, satirical, and comical saints. The Laughter of the Saints examines this rich carnivalesque tradition of parodied holy men and women and traces their infl...

3,094円 Ana Ruiz visits the monuments, architecture and archeological remains of early Madrid, tracing its evolution up until the Christian conquest in the late 11th century. This history gives special emphasis to Madrid s Moorish origins, while savoring the piquant blend of Celtiberian, Roman, and Visig...

9,616円 This exciting collection of primary sources on the Spanish Civil War uses military and political documents, media accounts, and contemporary propaganda to create a representative and illuminating survey of this enormously complicated event more than sixty-five years after it ended. Structured chr...

352円 No dia 4 de agosto de 1578, o rei português D. Sebastião desaparece durante a batalha de Alcácer-Quibir. O desaparecimento do monarca deu origem a um mito, que foi ao longo dos tempos alimentado pelo surgimento de várias personagens que se afirmaram como sendo o verdadeiro D. Sebastião. Um dos ma...

526円 No dia 7 de junho de 1640 rebenta em Barcelona a «Revolta da Catalunha». O rei Filipe IV de Castela foca a sua atenção e os seus esforços naquela província do leste da península, fragilizando a defesa dos restantes domínios. É neste co...

2,515円 Long neglected by European historians, the unspeakable atrocities of Franco’s Spain are finally brought to tragic light in this definitive work. Evoking such classics as Anne Applebaum’s Gulag and Robert Conquest’s The Great Terror, The Spanish Holocaust sheds light on one of the darkest and most...

5,300円 Despite its modest size, Portugal has played a major part in the development of Europe and the modern world. In Portugal in European and World History Malyn Newitt offers a fresh appraisal of Portuguese history and its role in the worldーfrom early Moorish times to the English Alliance of 1650–19...

661円 Original Narratives of Early American History Spanish Explorers in the Southern United States 1528-1543. This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS THE NARRATIVE OF ALVAR NUÑEZ CABEÇA DE VACA EDITED BY FREDERICK W. HODGE THE NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION OF HERNANDO DE ...

2,049円 La obra profundiza en lugares sucesos muertos y combates producidos durante las penetraciones guerrilleras de 1944-45 mediante relatos cargados de aventuras e ilusiones miserias y tragedias documentos inéditos y personajes rescatados del anonimato oral y escrito.

5,705円 In the mid-1800s, Spain experienced economic growth, political stabilization, and military revival, and the country began to sense that it again could be a great global power. In addition to its desire for international glory, Spain also was the only European country that continued to use slaves ...

526円 Ao voltarem de uma noite de diversão, dois amigos deparam-se com um moribundo, ao tentarem socorrê-lo acabam por se verem acusados da morte do infeliz. São julgados e condenados à pena de morte. Mas a pena é-lhes comutada para degredo perpétuo, e vão parar à frota que irá seguir os passos de Vasc...