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“robert hooworth smith”

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  • Faith and Fanaticism

    Religious Fervour in Early Modern Spain

    by Robert Hooworth-Smith ...
    The Spanish Inquisition is often seen as the archetype of religious fervour and fanaticism, and several of the papers here naturally focus on its activities. Overall, however, this volume aims to look at the broader context of religious attitudes in Spain, from the end of the 15th to the late 17th century. In an examination of how the religious orders behaved, the contributors demonstrate that ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

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    Jose Bonifacio de Andrada e Silva "The Greatest Man in Brazilian History" This book will introduce to the United States the founding father of Brazil. He is one of the greatest statesman in world history, but he is unknown to the American public. He is the Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison and George Washington of Brazil embodied in one person. This book will cover some of the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Sin and Confession in Colonial Peru

    Spanish-Quechua Penitential Texts, 1560-1650

    by Regina Harrison ...
    Series series Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
    A central tenet of Catholic religious practice, confession relies upon the use of language between the penitent and his or her confessor. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as Spain colonized the Quechua-speaking Andean world, the communication of religious beliefs and practices—especially the practice of confession—to the native population became a primary concern, and as a result, ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Translation as Conquest

    Sahagún and Universal History of the Things of New Spain

    by Victoria Ríos Castaño ...
    Series Book 13 - Parecos y Australes. Ensayos de Cultura de la Colonia
    Fray Bernardino de Sahagún (1499-1590) directed the composition of an encyclopaedic work on the world of the Nahuas, Universal History of the Things of New Spain (ca. 1577-1579), for which he has received the title of pioneering ethnographer and anthropologist of colonial Mexico. Contextualizing Sahagún and his work in sixteenth-century Spain and America, this study presents him as a cultural ... Read more

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  • Law and Order in Medieval Spain: Alfonsine Legislation and the Cantigas de Santa Maria

    by Jessica Knauss ...
    Although their milieu bore striking similarities to the Wild West, the people of medieval Spain were preoccupied with constructing valid laws and learning how best to abide by them. This obsession with legality comes out in epics, songs, stories, and even in miracles of the Virgin Mary. Scholars have largely failed to see the usefulness of considering the different types of text produced under ... Read more

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  • The Heirs of St. Teresa of Avila:

    Defenders and Disseminators of the Founding Mother's Legacy

    by Christopher C. Wilson, Ph.D. ...
    Series series Carmelite Studies IX
    This issue of Carmelite Studies presents new insights into the lives and writings of individuals who knew Teresa of Ávila in life and who, after her death in 1582, worked to propagate and defend her legacy, including the illustrious nuns Ana de San Bartolomé, Ana de Jesús, María de San José, and Ana de San Agustín, and her close male confidant and collaborator, Jerónimo Gracián de la Madre de Dios ... Read more

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  • Teresa of Avila

    Doctor of the Soul

    by Dr Peter Tyler ...
    Following the success of John of the Cross (Continuum 2010) and Return to the Mystical (Continuum 2011), Dr Peter Tyler completes his 'mystical trilogy' with a penetrating analysis of the life, work and context of St Teresa of Avila – this most popular and influential of all saints.To coincide with her anniversary year in 2015 he presents an accessible volume on the saint including the background ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Spain, 1157-1300

    A Partible Inheritance

    by Peter Linehan ...
    Series Book 12 - A History of Spain
    Spain, 1157-1300 makes use of a vast body of primary and secondary source material to provide a balanced overview of a crucial period of Spanish as well as of European history.Examines the most significant phase of Spanish mainland developmentConsiders the profound intellectual consequences of Christian advances into Islamic SpainExplores the varying fortunes of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon, ... Read more

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  • Twilight of the Renaissance

    The Life of Juan de Valdes

    by Daniel A. Crews ...
    Diplomat, courtier, and heretic, Juan de Valdés (c.1500-1541) was one of the most famous humanist writers in Renaissance Spain. In this biography, Daniel A. Crews paints a lively portrait of a complex and fascinating figure by focusing on Valdés's service as an imperial courtier and how his employments in Italy - after brushes with the Spanish Inquisition - influenced both Spanish diplomacy and ... Read more

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  • Christians, Muslims, and Jews in Medieval and Early Modern Spain

    Interaction and Cultural Change

    Edited by Mark D. Meyerson, Edward D. English ...
    Series Book 8 - Notre Dame Conferences in Medieval Studies
    The essays in this interdisciplinary volume examine the social and cultural interaction of Christians, Muslims, and Jews in Spain during the medieval and early modern periods. Together, the essays provide a unique comparative perspective on compelling problems of ethnoreligious relations.Christians, Muslims, and Jews in Medieval and Early Modern Spain considers how certain social and political ... Read more

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  • The Laughter of the Saints

    Parodies of Holiness in Late Medieval and Renaissance Spain

    by Ryan D. Giles ...
    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 influence to the anti-heroes and picaresque roots of early modern novels such as Don Quixote.The first full ... Read more

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  • Building Yanhuitlan

    Art, Politics, and Religion in the Mixteca Alta since 1500

    by Alessia Frassani ...
    Through years of fieldwork in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, art historian and archaeologist Alessia Frassani formulated a compelling question: How did Mesoamerican society maintain its distinctive cultural heritage despite colonization by the Spanish? In Building Yanhuitlan, she focuses on an imposing structure—a sixteenth-century Dominican monastery complex in the village of Yanhuitlan.For ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD