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  • Lending to the Borrower from Hell

    Debt, Taxes, and Default in the Age of Philip II

    de Mauricio Drelichman, Hans-Joachim Voth ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    What the loans and defaults of a sixteenth-century Spanish king can tell us about sovereign debt todayWhy do lenders time and again loan money to sovereign borrowers who promptly go bankrupt? When can this type of lending work? As the United States and many European nations struggle with mountains of debt, historical precedents can offer valuable insights. Lending to the Borrower from Hell looks ... Leer más

    $39.59 USD

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  • Imprudent King

    A New Life of Philip II

    de Geoffrey Parker ...
    Philip II is not only the most famous king in Spanish history, but one of the most famous monarchs in English history: the man who married Mary Tudor and later launched the Spanish Armada against her sister Elizabeth I. This compelling biography of the most powerful European monarch of his day begins with his conception (1526) and ends with his ascent to Paradise (1603), two occurrences ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

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  • Fires of Faith

    Catholic England under Mary Tudor

    de Eamon Duffy ...
    The reign of Mary Tudor has been remembered as an era of sterile repression, when a reactionary monarch launched a doomed attempt to reimpose Catholicism on an unwilling nation. Above all, the burning alive of more than 280 men and women for their religious beliefs seared the rule of “Bloody Mary” into the protestant imagination as an alien aberration in the onward and upward march of the English ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Francisco Pizarro

    Conquistador of the Attack on Peru

    de 50minutes ...
    Series series History
    Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Francisco Pizarro in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Francisco Pizarro. In the 16th century, much of the Americas was as of yet undiscovered by European explorers. After two expensive failed attempts and an agreement signed with the Spanish monarchy, Pizarro finally set ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • History Of The War In The Peninsular And In The South Of France, From The Year 1807 To The Year 1814 – Vol. IV

    de General William Francis Patrick Napier K.C.B. ...
    Series series History Of The War In The Peninsular And In The South Of France, From The Year 1807 To The Year 1814
    A masterful, epic account of the Spanish Ulcer that drained Napoleon's resources and played a pivotal role in the end of his domination of Europe.The author served with distinction in the actions of the Light Division, such as the epic march to Talavera, the battles of Fuentes d'Oñoro, Salamanca, Nivelle, Orthes and Toulouse. He left the service a General and Knight Commander of the Order of Bath. ... Leer más

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  • Imperial Lyric

    New Poetry and New Subjects in Early Modern Spain

    de Leah Middlebrook ...
    Series series Penn State Romance Studies
    Present scholarly conversations about early European and global modernity have yet to acknowledge fully the significance of Spain and Spanish cultural production. Poetry and ideology in early modern Spain form the backdrop for Imperial Lyric, which seeks to address this shortcoming. Based on readings of representative poems by eight Peninsular writers, Imperial Lyric demonstrates that the lyric ... Leer más

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  • A King Travels

    Festive Traditions in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain

    de Teofilo F. Ruiz ...
    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 eras, Teofilo Ruiz focuses on the travels and festivities of Philip II, exploring the complex relationship ... Leer más

    $38.19 USD

  • England and Europe 1485-1603

    de Susan Doran ...
    Series series Seminar Studies
    This Seminar Study introduces students to England's foreign policy during the reigns of the Tudor monarchs. In this succinct introduction the author addresses the key questions facing students - for example, to what extent did monarch or minister make policy. Each reign is analysed in turn providing a narrative and explanation of the major events and policy decisions throughout the Tudor period. ... Leer más

    $58.99 USD

  • 'Lector Ludens'

    The Representation of Games & Play in Cervantes

    de Michael Scham ...
    In sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain, debating the acceptability of games and recreation was serious business. With Lector Ludens, Michael Scham uses Cervantes’s Don Quijote and Novelas ejemplares as the basis for a wide-ranging exploration of early modern Spanish views on recreations ranging from cards and dice to hunting, attending the theater, and reading fiction.Shifting fluidly between ... Leer más

    $61.99 USD

  • This Happened in My Presence

    Moriscos, Old Christians, and the Spanish Inquisition in the Town of Deza, 1569-1611

    Edición de Patrick J. O'Banion ...
    This Happened in My Presence reveals life in the small Spanish town of Deza during a period that was complex and tumultuous.The introduction explains the medieval origins of Deza's Christian, Muslim, and Jewish populations and the changing policies toward religious minorities under the Catholic Monarchs and the Hapsburgs. The workings of the Spanish Inquisition and of Deza's local religious and ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • Spanish Poetry of the Golden Age

    Edición de Milton Alexander Buchanan ...
    Series series Heritage
    A representative selection of the best poetry of Spain's Golden Age. ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Creating Christian Granada

    Society and Religious Culture in an Old-World Frontier City, 1492–1600

    de David Coleman ...
    Creating Christian Granada provides a richly detailed examination of a critical and transitional episode in Spain's march to global empire. The city of Granada—Islam's final bastion on the Iberian peninsula—surrendered to the control of Spain's "Catholic Monarchs" Isabella and Ferdinand on January 2, 1492. Over the following century, Spanish state and Church officials, along with tens of thousands ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD