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Historical Dictionary of Spain
Scarecrow Press 2009; US$ 139.99The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Spain is an unrivalled reference guide to Spanish history and politics from the Middle Ages to the present. With its chronology, introductory essay, and over seven hundred dictionary entries on major Spanish organizations, including political parties, trade unions, and state bodies; the various regions... more...
Conversos and Moriscos in Late Medieval Spain and Beyond, 1
BRILL 2009; US$ 138.00Converso and Morisco are the terms applied to those Jews and Muslims who converted to Christianity (mostly under duress) in late medieval Spain. "Converso and Moriscos Studies" examines the manifold cultural implications of these mass convertions. more...
The Plague Files
LSU Press 2009; US$ 19.95In The Plague Files, Alexandra Parma Cook and Noble David Cook recount the travails of 1580s Seville, exposing the difficult lives of ordinary people and shedding light on the challenges municipal officials faced as they attempted to find solutions to the public health emergencies that threatened the city?s residents. The Plague Files provides an indispensable... more...
Catholic Roots and Democratic Flowers
ABC-CLIO 2001; US$ 36.95Spain and Portugal have recently adopted European-style democratic and political systems. Yet their pattern of historical development is distinctive and, in many respects, their political systems still reflect unique features. In this provocative text Wiard and Mott analyze the special features of Spanish history: the Catholic tradition, seven centuries... more...
The History of Spain
ABC-CLIO 1999; US$ 77.00Every school and public library should update its resources on Spain with this lively and succinct narrative of Spain's long and rich historical experience. Emphasizing people rather than abstract developments, this narrative makes Spanish history readable and engaging. Based on the most recent scholarship, it examines the politics, society, economy,... more...
The Jews of Spain
Free Press 1992; US$ 18.99A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. more...
Aspectos de la neología en el Siglo de Oro
Editions Rodopi 2010; US$ 94.50Últimamente las investigaciones diacrónicas sobre la formación léxica en español están cobrando un nuevo impulso gracias a la creación de grandes bancos de datos electrónicos. A base de estos nuevos recursos, trece especialistas contribuyen en este volu more...
An Account, Much Abbreviated, of the Destruction of the Indies
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2003; US$ 11.50Fifty years after the arrival of Columbus, at the height of Spain?s conquest of the West Indies, Spanish bishop and colonist Bartolomé de Las Casas dedicated his Brevísima Relación de la Destruición de las Indias to Philip II of Spain. An impassioned plea on behalf of the native peoples of the West Indies, the Brevísima Relación catalogues in horrific... more...
The Golden Empire
Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 35.00From a master chronicler of Spanish history comes a magnificent work about the pivotal years from 1522 to 1566, when Spain was the greatest European power. Hugh Thomas has written a rich and riveting narrative of exploration, progress, and plunder. At its center is the unforgettable ruler who fought the French and expanded the Spanish empire, and the... more...
Guerra
Transworld 2010; US$ 12.00After twelve years in Spain, Jason Webster had developed a deep love for his adopted homeland; his life there seemed complete. But when he and his Spanish wife moved into an idyllic old farmhouse in the mountains north of Valencia, by chance he found an unmarked mass grave from the Spanish Civil War on his doorstep.Spurred to investigate the history... more...









