Culture and society in Habsburg Spain : studies presented to R.W. Truman by his pupils and colleagues on the occasion of his retirement
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Culture and society in Habsburg Spain : studies presented to R.W. Truman by his pupils and colleagues on the occasion of his retirement
（Colección Támesis, Serie A ; Monográfias ; 190）
Tamesis, 2001
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-226) and index
English text with some quotations in Spanish
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Description
Essays on key aspects of cultural, religious, and intellectual life in early modern Spain.
This volume contains essays on key aspects of cultural, religious, and intellectual life in early modern Spain. Some of the contributions address predominantly historical issues: the reform of the Mercedarian Order; Europe and theTurks in Spanish literature; and the subtleties and intrigues of a propaganda campaign against the Imperial ambassador to the Vatican, Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza. Others focus on the relationship between art and society: the nature of Spanish Tacitism; the choices made by the Jeronymite friars charged with buying books for the Escorial Library and planning its decoration; reformist politics under the Olivares regime as portrayed in works by Ruiz de Alarcon; and the development of Sceptical philosophy in Spain. In addition, there are studies of Lazarillo de Tormes, Sa de Miranda, Gracian, and Calderon, and two essays on the dissemination of Spanish culture in Oxford, one on the earliest copies of Don Quixote purchased for the Bodleian Library, and the other on the first teacher of Spanish in the University.
Contributors: BRUCE TAYLOR, JEREMY LAWRANCE, THOMAS F. EARLE, D.G. PATTISON,JOHN RUTHERFORD, CHARLES J. DAVIS, COLIN THOMPSON, IAN MICHAEL, JULES WHICKER, JEREMY ROBBINS, ROBERT PRING-MILL, M.J. WOODS, JOHN EDWARDS.
Table of Contents
Reform, recruitment, and self-perception: The Mercedarian Order, 1230-1650 - Bruce Taylor
Europe and the Turks in Spanish literature of the Renaissance and early modern period - Jeremy Lawrance
Rhetoric and drama: The two verions of Sa de Miranda's Os estrangeiros -
The language of Lazarillo de Tormes and the date of the work - D G Pattison
A forgotten comic gem: The 'Carta del Bachiller de Arcadia' - John Rutherford
Baltasar Alamos de Barrientos and the nature of Spanish Tacitism - Charles Davis
Reading the Escorial Library: Fray Jose de Siguenza and the culture of Golden-Age Spain - Colin Thompson
How Don Quixote came to Oxford: The two Bodleian copies of Don Quixote, Part I (Madrid: Juan de la Cuesta, 1605) - Ian Michael
A political enigma: Juan Ruiz de Alarcon's El dueno de las estrellas and its relation to reformist politics under the Olivares regimeOlivares regime - Jules Whicker
Scepticism and Stoicism in Spain: Antonio Lopez de Vega's Heraclito y Democrito de nuestro siglo - Jeremy Robbins
Revisiting Gracian: The linkages of wit - Robert Pring-Mill
Calderon's variation on the theme of predictions fulfilled - M J Woods
Both Catholic and Anglican: Lorenzo Lucena (1807-81), priest, translator, and teacher - John Edwards
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