Spain & Portugal 4

Filha de D. Joana de Portugal, casada com o rei Henrique IV de Castela, a princesa D. Joana foi cognominada a "Beltraneja" pois presumia-se que era filha de um fidalgo da corte espanhola, D. Beltrão……続きを見る

TABLE DES MATIÈRES PREMIÈRE PARTIE. La Vie d'une Université: Salamanque. Chapitre premier. ー Salamanque et son Université Chapitre II. ー Physionomie des Écoles Chapitre III. ー La vie des étudiant……続きを見る

The origin and early development of social stratification is essentially an archaeological problem. The impressive advance of archaeological research has revealed that, first and foremost, the pre-e……続きを見る

Wellington added a Judge-Advocate-General to his staff in 1812 “to ensure that courts-martial were conducted with proper forms and due appreciation of the validity of evidence – in which the command……続きを見る

When Admiral Mahan, passed away in 1914, his ideas and thoughts lived on in his writings, which spanned the naval strategy of his own times and the lessons learnt from history. They are still read a……続きを見る

The life of Napoleon is etched still across the history of Europe, in the wars he waged, the dynasties that he toppled, and the laws he enacted. Even in an epoch rich in social change, from the bott……続きを見る

The story of a Princeton professor's role as the unofficial philosophical adviser to the Spanish government This book examines an unlikely development in modern political philosophy: the adoption by……続きを見る

This book was originally composed as a lecture to some Jewish working-men at the East end of London. The subject was, to the author, naturally an interesting one no less from a national than from a ……続きを見る

Before the shattering of the Napoleonic empire in 1815, Count Las Cases had served loyally for many years in the council of state. However, his most important service was to come after he followed h……続きを見る

A rarity amongst Peninsular accounts, are those that come from the medical services of the British army, Boutflower’s journal was printed sixty years after his death but remains even now fresh and i……続きを見る

The immortal words “Not tonight Josephine!” are probably apocryphal, but in 1796 Napoleon had more pressing concerns than his amorous wife: he had been handed command of the Republican forces in Ita……続きを見る

As primeiras tentativas de recolher a história do fado, essa expressão musical tão portuguesa, foram editadas nos anos de 1903 e 1904 por Tino de Carvalho e Alberto Pimentel respetivamente. Agora qu……続きを見る

Are the Catalans content with the outcome of the Spanish transition to democracy? Is there a future for Catalan nationalism within the EU? How does globalization impact upon the survival and develop……続きを見る

This is a long-awaited translation of a definitive account of the Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. Michael Alpert examines the origins, formation and performance of the Republican Army and ……続きを見る

When Thomas Hamilton set out to write this detailed history of the Peninsular campaigns, the great struggle for Portugal and Spain was still fresh in the minds of his intended audience. It was also ……続きを見る

Donaldson “was born in Glasgow, where his father was employed by a mercantile house. With some school companions he ran away to sea and made a voyage to the West Indies, which disenchanted him of a ……続きを見る

An anthology of memoirs of the Peninsular War and the abortive attack on Bergen-op-Zoom in 1814. In this first volume, Captain Cooke recounts his experiences with the 43rd Foot at Ciudad Rodrigo, Ba……続きを見る

Em 1880, Manuel Pinheiro Chagas resolveu publicar um livro onde a história de Portugal fosse exposta de uma forma que facilitasse a sua apreensão, mesmo pelo mais humilde dos seus contemporâneos. In……続きを見る

At the turn of the 20th Century, the historical section of the French General Staff began to produce some of the most valuable and detailed studies of the Napoleonic period, and particularly Napoleo……続きを見る

« Scènes pittoresques de bivouacs ou de batailles, intéressant les campagnes de Pologne, d’Espagne, de Russie et d’Allemagne et s’achevant sur le portrait de Marmont que le justifie. » p 163 - Profe……続きを見る

Before the shattering of the Napoleonic empire in 1815, Count Las Cases had served loyally for many years in the council of state. However, his most important service was to come after he followed h……続きを見る

Before the shattering of the Napoleonic empire in 1815, Count Las Cases had served loyally for many years in the council of state. However, his most important service was to come after he followed h……続きを見る

The body of Major-General Mackinnon now lies in St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, next to his brother officer Major-General Robert Craufurd, both casualties of the assault on Cuidad Rodrigo during the……続きを見る

The rise of Spain from obscurity to the position of one of Europe's greatest powers is centrally important in the history of Western Europe in the sixteenth century. Spain 1474�1598 explores key the……続きを見る

Robert Blakeney was by modern standards a callow youth at the age of fifteen, in the standards of the time in which he lived he was a gentleman and a soldier. Blakeney was commissioned as a subalter……続きを見る

6 works of William Hickling Prescott American historian and Hispanist (1796-1859) This ebook presents a collection of 6 works of William Hickling Prescott. A dynamic table of contents allows you ……続きを見る

After the glorious victory of Vittoria, Wellington followed the retreating French army to the very borders of La Belle France itself. Facing him and his army of British, Portuguese and Spanish troop……続きを見る

When Thomas Hamilton set out to write this detailed history of the Peninsular campaigns, the great struggle for Portugal and Spain was still fresh in the minds of his intended audience. It was also ……続きを見る

In spring 1927 V.S Pritchett set out to walk 300 miles across Spain. The country was almost completely isolated, and Pritchett describes a timeless country on the cusp of being riven by civil war, p……続きを見る

O desaparecimento do rei D. Sebastião em Alcácer-Quibir, deu origem a diversos rumores e às mais extravagantes ideias sobre o regresso do monarca para reassumir o trono, entretanto tomado pelo rei F……続きを見る