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  • At the First Table

    Food and Social Identity in Early Modern Spain

    by Jodi Campbell ...
    Series series Early Modern Cultural Studies
    Research on European food culture has expanded substantially in recent years, telling us more about food preparation, ingredients, feasting and fasting rituals, and the social and cultural connotations of food.At the First Table demonstrates the ways in which early modern Spaniards used food as a mechanism for the performance of social identity. People perceived themselves and others as belonging ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Handbook of the History of Madrid

    This handbook provides an overview of the history and historiography of Madrid, from its establishment as the seat of the royal court in 1561 to the present, with essays by leading scholars on a range of topics across culture, economics, politics, society, and urban development.It offers a useful introduction to the main outlines of the city’s history for beginning scholars, identifies key lines ... Read more

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  • Monarchy, Political Culture, and Drama in Seventeenth-Century Madrid

    Theater of Negotiation

    by Jodi Campbell ...
    In early modern Spain, theater reached the height of its popularity during the same decades in which Spanish monarchs were striving to consolidate their power. Jodi Campbell uses the dramatic production of seventeenth-century Madrid to understand how ordinary Spaniards perceived the political developments of this period. Through a study of thirty-three plays by four of the most popular playwrights ... Read more

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    The Texts of 1549, 1559, and 1662

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    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'In the midst of life we are in death.' The words of the Book of Common Prayer have permeated deep into the English language all over the world. For nearly 500 years, and for countless people, it has provided a background fanfare for a marriage or a funeral march at a burial. Yet this familiarity also hides a violent and controversial history. When it was first produced the Book of Common Prayer ... Read more

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  • A Drizzle of Honey

    The Life and Recipes of Spain's Secret Jews

    When Iberian Jews were converted to Catholicism under duress during the Inquisition, many struggled to retain their Jewish identity in private while projecting Christian conformity in the public sphere. To root out these heretics, the courts of the Inquisition published checklists of koshering practices and "grilled" the servants, neighbors, and even the children of those suspected of practicing ... Read more

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  • Mary Magdalene, Princess of Orange

    Mary founded the Dutch Prince of Orange

    by ralph ellis ...
    Series series Addendum to the Gospel of King Jesus Trilogy
    Mary Magdalene - Princess of the Dutch House of Orange.Did Mary Magdalene travel to Provence, in France? Ralph Ellis follows the trail of mythology and reveals compelling circumstantial evidence that she did, and that her presence there has left its mark on the history of the region. In addition, Ralph suggests that the legacy of Mary Magdalene was bequeathed upon the city of Orange in southern ... Read more

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  • Liquid Memory

    Why Wine Matters

    Jonathan Nossiter, acclaimed filmmaker and former sommelier, had his first taste of wine at the age of three in Paris, from his father's fingertip. For him, wine is "memory in its most liquid and dynamic form," as essential an expression of culture as cinema, books, baseball, painting, even sex. With great wit and passion, he celebrates wine and its enthusiasts—and defends both from those who tell ... Read more

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  • The Lisbon Route

    Entry and Escape in Nazi Europe

    by Ronald Weber ...
    The Lisbon Route tells of the extraordinary World War II transformation of Portugal's tranquil port city into the great escape hatch of Nazi Europe. Royalty, celebrities, diplomats, fleeing troops, and ordinary citizens desperately slogged their way across France and Spain to reach the neutral nation. Here the exiles found peace and plenty, though they often faced excruciating delays and ... Read more

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  • Comrades (Text Only)

    by Paul Preston ...
    A brilliant portrait of the Spanish Civil War from our greatest historian of Spain. ‘Anyone interested in Spain will want this book.‘ Alan Massie, Daily TelegraphA bravura new interpretation of the course, causes and characters of the Spanish Civil War, still the twentieth century’s bloodiest internal conflict. Analysis of the Civil War has always focused on victors and vanquished, but what of ... Read more

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  • Renaissance Architecture

    Series series Oxford History of Art
    The Renaissance was a diverse phenomenon, marked by innovation and economic expansion, the rise of powerful rulers, religious reforms, and social change. Encompassing the entire continent, Renaissance Architecture examines the rich variety of buildings that emerged during these seminal centuries of European history. Although marked by the rise of powerful individuals, both patrons and architects, ... Read more

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  • The Life and Legacy of Ferdinand Magellan

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  • Eating Words

    A Norton Anthology of Food Writing

    “Food writing spans centuries and philosophies. . . . At long last there’s a Norton Anthology with all the most important works.”—EaterEdited by influential literary critic Sandra M. Gilbert and award-winning restaurant critic and professor of English Roger Porter, Eating Words gathers food writing of literary distinction and vast historical sweep into one groundbreaking volume. Beginning with the ... Read more

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