9,119円 Franco and the Spanish Civil War is a wide-ranging and insightful analysis of the origins, course, and consequences of the conflict and of Franco's role within it. It offers a broad view of the war through a survey of the social and cultural dimensions, as well as the military and political ones....

1,126円 This Very Short Introduction offers a powerfully-written explanation of the war's complex origins and course, and explores its impact on a personal and international scale. It also provides an ethical reflection on the war in the context of Europe's tumultuous twentieth century, highlighting why ...

6,096円 One of the world's renowned centres of culture, Barcelona is also one of the capitals of modernist art given its associations with the talents of Dali, Picasso, and Gaudi. Jazz Age Barcelona focuses the lenses of cultural studies and urban studies on the avant-garde character of the city during t...

300円 Discusses all of the accomplishments of their reign, including the Reconquista against the Moors, the Spanish Inquisition, and Christopher Columbus's historic voyages.Includes pictures depicting the Catholic Monarchs and important people, places, and events in their lives.Includes a Bibliography ...

8,484円 Once Europe's supreme maritime power, Spain by the mid-eighteenth century was facing fierce competition from England and France. England, in particular, had successfully mustered the financial resources necessary to confront its Atlantic rivals by mobilizing both aristocracy and merchant bourgeoi...

9,616円 General Francisco Franco, also called the Caudillo, was the dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. His life has been examined in many previous biographies. However, most of these have been traditional, linear biographies that focus on Franco’s military and political careers, neglect...

195円 Nos parece interesante dedicar el presente libro a abordar la caída de la monarquía de Alfonso XIII, el advenimiento de la Segunda República y su estrepitoso fracaso culminado con la cruenta guerra civil que nos es a todos familiar y que detuvo la Historia de España durante casi cuatro décadas. L...

6,633円 A King Travels examines the scripting and performance of festivals in Spain between 1327 and 1620, offering an unprecedented look at the different types of festivals that were held in Iberia during this crucial period of European history. Bridging the gap between the medieval and early modern era...

176円 Os homens do Norte, «Nordmen» ou Normandos foram determinantes na formação das nacionalidades europeias, em particular as do centro e norte da Europa. Apesar de pouco expressivas, as incursões dos ferozes Vikings pelas terras da Ibéria deixaram algumas marcas na cultura, toponímia e história de P...

440円 O Naufrágio de Vicente Sodré é mais uma das narrativas de fundo histórico, criadas por Manuel Pinheiro Chagas com o propósito de divulgar, numa prosa mais fluida e cativante, a história de Portugal. Desta vez traz-nos 3 episódios das navegações portuguesas, que não são habitualmente recordados qu...

400円 Neste romance, Bernardino Pinheiro, relata-nos as desventuras de dois jovens apaixonados que, apanhados pelas lutas dos portugueses com os marroquinos e pelo lado desumano, e lascivo, de um membro respeitável do clero vêm a sua vida desmoronar-se, sem nada poderem fazer para o evitar. Uma obra hi...

280円 *Includes pictures of Pizarro and important people, places, and events in his life.*Describes the Inca Empire and Pizarro's conquest of it.*Includes a Table of Contents. Friends and comrades! On that side [south] are toil, hunger, nakedness, the drenching storm, desertion, and death; on this side...