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Author: Henry Kamen
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780582784642
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume shows how Spain achieved world power in the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries by examining crucial political events and foreign policy during the reigns of each of the nation's rulers, from Ferdinand and Isabella at the end of the15th century to Philip V at the beginning of the 18th century.
Author: Henry Kamen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-03-26
Total Pages: 397
ISBN-13: 1317754999
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor nearly two centuries Spain was the world’s most influential nation, dominant in Europe and with authority over immense territories in America and the Pacific. Because none of this was achieved by its own economic or military resources, Henry Kamen sets out to explain how it achieved the unexpected status of world power, and examines political events and foreign policy through the reigns of each of the nation’s rulers, from Ferdinand and Isabella at the end of the fifteenth century to Philip V in the 1700s. He explores the distinctive features that made up the Spanish experience, from the gold and silver of the New World to the role of the Inquisition and the fate of the Muslim and Jewish minorities. In an entirely re-written text, he also pays careful attention to recent work on art and culture, social development and the role of women, as well as considering the obsession of Spaniards with imperial failure, and their use of the concept of ‘decline’ to insist on a mythical past of greatness. The essential fragility of Spain’s resources, he explains, was the principal reason why it never succeeded in achieving success as an imperial power. This completely updated fourth edition of Henry Kamen’s authoritative, accessible survey of Spanish politics and civilisation in the Golden Age of its world experience substantially expands the coverage of themes and takes account of the latest published research.
Author: Henry Kamen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-03-26
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 1317755006
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor nearly two centuries Spain was the world’s most influential nation, dominant in Europe and with authority over immense territories in America and the Pacific. Because none of this was achieved by its own economic or military resources, Henry Kamen sets out to explain how it achieved the unexpected status of world power, and examines political events and foreign policy through the reigns of each of the nation’s rulers, from Ferdinand and Isabella at the end of the fifteenth century to Philip V in the 1700s. He explores the distinctive features that made up the Spanish experience, from the gold and silver of the New World to the role of the Inquisition and the fate of the Muslim and Jewish minorities. In an entirely re-written text, he also pays careful attention to recent work on art and culture, social development and the role of women, as well as considering the obsession of Spaniards with imperial failure, and their use of the concept of ‘decline’ to insist on a mythical past of greatness. The essential fragility of Spain’s resources, he explains, was the principal reason why it never succeeded in achieving success as an imperial power. This completely updated fourth edition of Henry Kamen’s authoritative, accessible survey of Spanish politics and civilisation in the Golden Age of its world experience substantially expands the coverage of themes and takes account of the latest published research.
Author: Henry Kamen
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis textbook in English covers both domestic and foreign policy in the period. Henry Kamen presents Spain as a poor nation thrust reluctantly into an imperial role which provoked deep internal divisions and conflicts.
Author: Mikuláš Teich
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1993-05-06
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780521367134
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe historical impact of national movements in Europe has been dramatic and continues to be an issue of major importance. Leading historians authoritatively discuss European nationalism in its historical context.
Author: Henry Kamen
Publisher: Allan Lane
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 664
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHenry Kamen's work re-creates the dazzling world of Imperial Spain, from the capture of Moorish Granada and Columbus's first voyage in 1492, to its expansion into Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, ad the opening up of the frontiers in Texas and California in the eighteenth century. Drawing on the accounts of those who witnessed these great events, whether Aztec chroniclers, Italian explorers or Filipino sultans, Kamen balances the wonders of the Empire (the first sight of the Pacific, the astonishing voyages of the Manila galleons) with the horrors - the slavery, disease, terror and waste of human life it entailed.
Author: Ignacio Enrique Navarrete
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780520083738
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Drawing on critics ranging from Bakhtin and Curtius to Harold Bloom and Maria Corti, Orphans of Petrarch offers extended discussions of these major poets, and a net exposition of the development of Spanish Renaissance poetics, from the point of view of modern critical theory. Contributing to the discussion about imitation and belatedness, and grounded in both philology and cultural theory, it is the first book to integrate the "Spanish difference" into an understanding of Renaissance lyric as a European phenomenon."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: John Lynch
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 1994-12-15
Total Pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780631193982
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book, now availaible in paperback, John Lynch has revised and expanded his now classic account of sixteenth century Spain Spain under the Hapsburgs Volume 1. d The book remains a comprehensive account of the economy, politics and society of Spain, from the national foudations laid by Ferdinand and ISabella, to the Imperial policy of Charles V, and the world power of Philip II. He concludes with a new bibliography of recent works in the field.
Author: Max von Habsburg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-11-05
Total Pages: 121
ISBN-13: 110758728X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the AQA 2015 A/AS Level History. Written for the AQA A/AS Level History specifications for first teaching from 2015, this print Student Book covers the Spain in the Age of Discovery, 1469-1598 Breadth component. Completely matched to the new AQA specification, this full-colour Student Book provides valuable background information to contextualise the period of study. Supporting students in developing their critical thinking, research and written communication skills, it also encourages them to make links between different time periods, topics and historical themes.
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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009-12-21
Total Pages: 600
ISBN-13: 1405183683
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe updated and enhanced third edition of A History of Latin America to 1825 presents a comprehensive narrative survey of Latin American history from the region's first human presence until the majority of Iberian colonies in America emerged as sovereign states c. 1825. This edition features new content on the history of women, gender, Africans in the Iberian colonies, and pre-Columbian peoples Includes more illustrations to aid learning: over 50 figures and photographs, several accompanied by short essays Concentrates on the colonial period and earlier, expanding coverage of the period and incorporating more social and cultural history with the political narrative Part of The Blackwell History of the World Series The goal of this ambitious series is to provide an accessible source of knowledge about the entire human past, for every curious person in every part of the world. It will comprise some two dozen volumes, of which some provide synoptic views of the history of particular regions while others consider the world as a whole during a particular period of time. The volumes are narrative in form, giving balanced attention to social and cultural history (in the broadest sense) as well as to institutional development and political change. Each provides a systematic account of a very large subject, but they are also both imaginative and interpretative. The Series is intended to be accessible to the widest possible readership, and the accessibility of its volumes is matched by the style of presentation and production.
