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The story of Spain's rise to greatness from its humble beginnings as one of the poorest and most marginal of European countries is a remarkable and dramatic one. With the marriage of Ferdinand & Isa……続きを見る

Algunos califican la novela "Los muertos mandan" como una obra de terror, e incluso se ha llegado a decir de ella que era una novela de zombis. Nada de esto es cierto. "Los muertos mandan", escrita ……続きを見る

Examines the colonization of Goa in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the durability of Portuguese rule. How did the colonization of Goa in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries take pla……続きを見る

La Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias es un libro escrito en 1552 por el fraile dominico español Bartolomé de las Casas, el principal defensor de los indios en América, en el que den……続きを見る

What do clothing, bathing, or dining habits reveal about one's personal religious beliefs? Nothing, of course, unless such outward bodily concerns are perceived to hold some sort of spiritual signif……続きを見る

The long-awaited new novel from the author of the global bestseller and modern classic, The Shadow of the Wind. As a child, Daniel Sempere discovered among the passageways of the Cemetery of Forgott……続きを見る

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O livro "O Infante D. Henrique e a arte de navegar dos portuguêses" de Vicente de Almeida de Eça explora a figura histórica de Infante D. Henrique, cuja visão e determinação foram cruciais para os a……続きを見る

This is the first English translation of Frank Mintz's seminal study of the economic experiments put into place during the Spanish Revolution to both sustain civil society during the war and, more i……続きを見る

The Manueline: Portuguese Art during the Great Discoveries reveals the splendours of an era that brought Portugal into the Modern Age.Against the backdrop of fruitful maritime exploration, King Manu……続きを見る

The Iberian World: 1450–1820 brings together, for the first time in English, the latest research in Iberian studies, providing in-depth analysis of fifteenth- to early nineteenth-century Portugal an……続きを見る

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the early modern military history of Portugal and its possessions in Africa, the Americas, and Asia from the perspective of the military revolution histo……続きを見る

Essai historique sur la présence des Portugais au Nord d'Afrique. 続きを見る

"España invertebrada: Bosquejo de algunos pensamientos históricos" es una obra fundamental de José Ortega y Gasset que aborda la crisis de identidad y cohesión que atraviesa España en el contexto de……続きを見る

The Spanish empire in America was the first of the great seaborne empires of western Europe; it was for long the richest and the most formidable, the focus of envy, fear, and hatred. Its haphazard b……続きを見る

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 Sai……続きを見る

Ana Ruiz visits the monuments, architecture and archeological remains of early Madrid, tracing its evolution up until the Christian conquest in the late 11th century. This history gives special emph……続きを見る

This exciting collection of primary sources on the Spanish Civil War uses military and political documents, media accounts, and contemporary propaganda to create a representative and illuminating su……続きを見る

No dia 4 de agosto de 1578, o rei português D. Sebastião desaparece durante a batalha de Alcácer-Quibir. O desaparecimento do monarca deu origem a um mito, que foi ao longo dos tempos alimentado pel……続きを見る

No dia 7 de junho de 1640 rebenta em Barcelona a «Revolta da Catalunha». O rei Filipe IV de Castela foca a sua atenção e os seus esforços naquela província do……続きを見る

Long neglected by European historians, the unspeakable atrocities of Franco’s Spain are finally brought to tragic light in this definitive work. Evoking such classics as Anne Applebaum’s Gulag and R……続きを見る

Original Narratives of Early American History Spanish Explorers in the Southern United States 1528-1543. This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS THE NARRATIVE OF ALVA……続きを見る

La obra profundiza en lugares sucesos muertos y combates producidos durante las penetraciones guerrilleras de 1944-45 mediante relatos cargados de aventuras e ilusiones miserias y tragedias document……続きを見る

In the mid-1800s, Spain experienced economic growth, political stabilization, and military revival, and the country began to sense that it again could be a great global power. In addition to its des……続きを見る

Ao voltarem de uma noite de diversão, dois amigos deparam-se com um moribundo, ao tentarem socorrê-lo acabam por se verem acusados da morte do infeliz. São julgados e condenados à pena de morte. Mas……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents. CONTENTS Lessons of the War with Spain, 1898. McClure's Magazine, December, 1898-April, 1899. Introductory: Comprehension of Military and Naval Matt……続きを見る

With startling speed, Spanish conquistadors invaded hundreds of Native American kingdoms, took over the mighty empires of the Aztecs and Incas, and initiated an unprecedented redistribution of the w……続きを見る

The Triumph of Democracy in Spain tells a gripping story of the tortuous creation of Spain's constitutional monarchy. The book provides an authoritative account of the tribulations of the forces of ……続きを見る

The Akhbār majmū‘a, or 'Collected Accounts', deal with the Muslim conquest of the Iberian peninsula in 711 and subsequent events in al-Andalus, down to and including the reign of ‘Abd al-Rahmān III ……続きを見る

'ENTHRALLING' FourFourTwo 'STIRRING' Dublin Herald 'FASCINATING' Red and White Kop 'ASTONISHING' Bleacher Report The Sunday Times Bestseller Twentieth anniversary edition, fully updated with a new f……続きを見る