Spanish History

Spain: A History Oxford University Press, USA Paperback (335 pages) List Price: $19.95* Lowest New Price: $9.99* Lowest Used Price: $8.41* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 06:31 Pacific 3 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: In this up-to-date and engaging tour of Spain through the ages, one of the world's leading authorities on the history of Spain, Sir Raymond Carr, provides an authoritative overview of a country that has played a vital role in the history of the Western world. He tells of prehistoric Spain and of the imposition of Roman rule, which created the idea of Hispania as a single entity. There are knowledgeable discussions of the Visigoth monarchy, Moorish Spain, the establishment of an empire, and the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. Carr examines not only the political and economic development of Spain, but also the extraordinary artistic and literary achievements of the Spanish people. He charts the rise and fall of liberalism in the nineteenth century, and the subsequent period of political instability culminating in the Civil War and authoritarian rule. The book concludes with a look at modern Spain as a fully integrated and enthusiastic member of the European community. Attractively illustrated throughout, Spain: A History is the best historical account of Spain currently available for general readers.

A History of Medieval Spain By Joseph O'Callaghan Cornell University Press Paperback (736 pages) List Price: $29.95* Lowest New Price: $25.00* Lowest Used Price: $18.50* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 06:31 Pacific 3 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: A comprehensive narrative history which should prove useful to teachers, students, and general readers in European history. It gives primacy to political events without neglecting institutional, social, and cultural matters. Recommended in Laura Berquist Medieval English amp Spanish Hist/Geog/Lit Syllabus, Laura Berquist Medieval European Hist/Geog/Lit Syllabus Author: Joesph F. O Callaghan Grades: 9 and up Number of Pages: 728 Paperback Publisher: Cornell University ISBN 0-8014-9264-5

The Story of Spain: The Dramatic History of Europe's Most Fascinating Country By Mark R. Williams Golden Era Books Paperback (352 pages) List Price: $22.95* Lowest New Price: $15.61* Lowest Used Price: $13.11* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 06:31 Pacific 3 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here ISBN13: 9780970696939 Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Product Description: The book is a popular history of Spain and the Spanish Empire from prehistoric times to the present day. It provides description and analysis of political, social, economic and cultural events over the centuries, which together shaped the history of this distinctive country. The book offers 60 illustrations and maps, including 16 pages of color photographs, as well as lists of historic places to visit at the end of each chapter. There is a dynastic chart, suggested readings, and index.

Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience By Jane S. Gerber Free Press Paperback (400 pages) List Price: $21.50* Lowest New Price: $13.82* Lowest Used Price: $5.50* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 06:31 Pacific 3 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: The history of the Jews of Spain is a remarkable story that begins in the remote past and continues today. For more than a thousand years, Sepharad (the Hebrew word for Spain) was home to a large Jewish community noted for its richness and virtuosity. Summarily expelled in 1492 and forced into exile, their tragedy of expulsion marked the end of one critical phase of their history and the beginning of another. Indeed, in defiance of all logic and expectation, the expulsion of the Jews from Spain became an occasion for renewed creativity. Nor have five hundred years of wandering extinguished the identity of the Sephardic Jews, or diminished the proud memory of the dazzling civilization which they created on Spanish soil.This book is intended to serve as an introduction and scholarly guide to that history.

Modern Spain, 1875-1980: Reissue in a new cover By Raymond Carr Oxford University Press, USA Paperback (220 pages) List Price: $25.00* Lowest New Price: $11.09* Lowest Used Price: $10.53* *(As of 06:31 Pacific 3 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Starting at the `September Revolution' of 1868 and going up to 1980, Raymond Carr explains much of modern Spanish history - often a strange mixture of advanced liberal politics imposed upon a conservative society.

Imperial Spain: 1469-1716 By J. H. Elliott Penguin (Non-Classics) Paperback (448 pages) List Price: $17.00* Lowest New Price: $7.84* Lowest Used Price: $5.00* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 06:31 Pacific 3 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here ISBN13: 9780141007038 Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Product Description: Since its first publication, J. H. Elliott's classic chronicle has become established as the most comprehensive, balanced, and accessible account of the dramatic rise and fall of imperial Spain. Now with a new preface by the author, this brilliant study unveils how a barren, impoverished, and isolated country became the greatest power on earth-and just as quickly fell into decline.

A History of Islamic Spain By W. Montgomery Watt Aldine Transaction Paperback (197 pages) List Price: $22.95* Lowest New Price: $19.00* Lowest Used Price: $32.51* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 06:31 Pacific 3 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: The period of Muslim occupation in Spain represents the only significant contact Islam and Europe was ever to have on European soil. In this important as well as fascinating study, Watt traces Islam's influence upon Spain and European civilization - from the collapse of the Visigoths in the eighth century to the fall of Granada in the fifteenth, and considers Spain's importance as a part of the Islamic empire. Particular attention is given to the golden period of economic and political stability achieved under the Umayyads. Without losing themselves in detail and without sacrificing complexity, the authors discuss the political, social, and economic continuity in Islamic Spain, or al-Andalus, in light of its cultural and intellectual effects upon the rest of Europe. Medieval Christianity, Watt points out, found models of scholarship in the Islamic philosophers and adapted the idea of holy war to its own purposes while the final reunification of Spain under the aegis of the Reconquista played a significant role in bringing Europe out of the Middle Ages. A survey essential to anyone seeking a more complete knowledge of European or Islamic history, the volume also includes sections on literature and philology by Pierre Cachia. This series of "Islamic surveys" is designed to give the educated reader something more than can be found in the usual popular books. Each work undertakes to survey a special part of the field, and to show the present stage of scholarship here. Where there is a clear picture this will be given; but where there are gaps, obscurities and differences of opinion, these will also be indicated. Full and annotated bibliographies will afford guidance to those who want to pursue their studies further. There will also be some account of the nature and extent of the source material. The series is addressed in the first place to the educated reader, with little or no previous knowledge of the subject; its character is such that it should be of value also to university students and others whose interest is of a more professional kind.