Spain : a history
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Spain : a history
Oxford University Press, 2000
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Bibliography: p. [283]-286
Includes index
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Description
From Roman times to the present day, Spain has occupied a significant role in the evolution of our Western world. This book highlights the notable trends, intellectual and social, of each particular era in its history. The imposition of Roman rule created the notion of Hispania as a single entity. Chapters on the Visigoth monarchy, Moorish Spain, the establishment of an empire, the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, all chart the political and economic development of Spain, but also emphasise the extraordinary and diverse artistic and literary achievements of the Spanish people within this one country at these different times. Moving on to the nineteenth century, we read of the rise of liberalism, and of its fall, which ushered in a period of disarray leading to the Civil War and authoritarian rule. Today Spain is a fully integrated and enthusiastic member of the European community. The contributors to this work are all specialists in their field, and provide an authoritative overview of two thousand years of Spanish history for the student and general reader.
Table of Contents
- 1: A T Fear: Prehistoric and Roman Spain
- 2: Roger Collins: Visigothic Spain
- 3: Richard Fletcher: The Early Middle Ages
- 4: Angus Mackay: The Late Middle Ages
- 5: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto: The Improbable Empire
- 6: Henry Kamen: Vicissitudes of a World Power, 1500-1700
- 7: Richard Herr: Flow and Ebb, 1700-1833
- 8: Sir Raymond Carr: 1833-1931
- 9: Sebastian Balfour: Spain from 1931 to the Present.
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