The Eve Of Spain


The Eve Of Spain
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The Eve Of Spain


The Eve Of Spain
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Author : Patricia E. Grieve
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2020-03-03

The Eve Of Spain written by Patricia E. Grieve and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-03 with Literary Criticism categories.


The Eve of Spain demonstrates how the telling and retelling of one of Spain’s founding myths played a central role in the formation of that country’s national identity. King Roderigo, the last Visigoth king of Spain, rapes (or possibly seduces) La Cava, the daughter of his friend and counselor, Count Julian. In revenge, the count travels to North Africa and conspires with its Berber rulers to send an invading army into Spain. So begins the Muslim conquest and the end of Visigothic rule. A few years later, in Northern Spain, Pelayo initiates a Christian resistance and starts a new line of kings to which the present-day Spanish monarchy traces its roots. Patricia E. Grieve follows the evolution of this story from the Middle Ages into the modern era, as shifts in religious tolerance and cultural acceptance influenced its retelling. She explains how increasing anti-Semitism came to be woven into the tale during the Christian conquest of the peninsula—in the form of traitorous Jewish conspirators. In the sixteenth century, the tale was linked to the looming threat of the Ottoman Turks. The story continued to resonate through the Enlightenment and into modern historiography, revealing the complex interactions of racial and religious conflict and evolving ideas of women’s sexuality. In following the story of La Cava, Rodrigo, and Pelayo, Grieve explains how foundational myths and popular legends articulate struggles for national identity. She explores how myths are developed around few historical facts, how they come to be written into history, and how they are exploited politically, as in the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 followed by that of the Moriscos in 1609. Finally, Grieve focuses on the misogynistic elements of the story and asks why the fall of Spain is figured as a cautionary tale about a woman’s sexuality.



South America On The Eve Of Emancipation


South America On The Eve Of Emancipation
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Author : Bernard Moses
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-12-16

South America On The Eve Of Emancipation written by Bernard Moses and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-16 with History categories.


First Published in 1966. Following on from his book ‘The Establishment of Spanish Rule in America’, published in 1898, the present writer gave some account of the origin and earlier history of the institutions framed for the government of Spanish America. This volume aims to present some phases of colonial history and social organization in the last part of the eighteenth century, particularly as they appear in the southern half of South America.



The Lucky Grapes


The Lucky Grapes
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Author : Tracey Kyle
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-10-04

The Lucky Grapes written by Tracey Kyle and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-04 with Juvenile Fiction categories.


Tonight there is a celebración for New Year’s Eve. Rafa has been counting down the hours ‘til they leave. It’s New Year’s Eve in Spain, and Rafa is excited to stay up for the first time ever to celebrate with his familia at the plaza. There’ll be fireworks and música and . . . grapes? Rafa finds out that he needs to eat a small grape with each of the twelve midnight chimes to bring luck in the New Year. Can he do it? Will he even make it to midnight? Rafa frowns a little. The lucky grapes are small. What happens if he drops one, or doesn’t eat them all? Tracey Kyle’s read-aloud, rhyming text is sprinkled with words in Spanish, while Marina Astudillo’s authentic illustrations capture this popular tradition in all its joy and hope for the New Year. Young readers will be eager to count in Spanish with Rafa and experience this unique, enchanting celebration of culture. ¡Olé!



San Camilo 1936


San Camilo 1936
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Author : Camilo José Cela
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 1991

San Camilo 1936 written by Camilo José Cela and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Fiction categories.


Widely regarded as one of the best works by the winner of the 1989 Nobel Prize for Literature, San Camilo, 1936 appears here for the first time in English translation. One of Spain's most popular writers, Camilo José Cela is recognized for his experiments with language and with difficult subject matter. In San Camilo, 1936, first published in 1969, these concerns converge in a fascinating narrative that is as challenging as it is rewarding, as troubling as it is compelling. A story of history as it happens, by turns confusing and startingly clear, echoing with news and rumors, defined by grand gestures and intimate pauses, the novel leads the reader into the ordinary life of extraordinary times. Beginning on the eve of the Spanish Civil War, San Camilo, 1936 follows a twenty-year-old student's attempts to sort out his private affairs (sex, money, career) in the midst of the turmoil overtaking his country. In vivid and richly textured prose that distinguishes Cela's work, the emotional reality of civil war takes on a vibrant immediacy that is humorous, tender, and ultimately transforming as a young man tries to come to terms with the historical moment he inhabits--and hopes to survive. Readers new to Cela will find in this novel ample reason for the author's growing reputation among audiences worldwide.



The Spanish Inquisition


The Spanish Inquisition
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Author : Henry Kamen
language : en
Publisher: Phoenix
Release Date : 2000

The Spanish Inquisition written by Henry Kamen and has been published by Phoenix this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Inquisition categories.


'A valuable work, scholarly, readable and suggestive, which helps to place the Inquisition in the society of whose transformation it was once the creature and defender' Hugh Trevor-Roper, New Statesman.



Eve S Enlightenment


Eve S Enlightenment
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Author : Catherine M. Jaffe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-04

Eve S Enlightenment written by Catherine M. Jaffe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04 with History categories.


Despite clear gaps between Enlightenment ideals and women's experiences, however, the contributors agree that the women of Spain and Spanish America not only took part in the social and cultural transformations of the time but also exerted their own power and influence to help guide the Spanish-speaking world toward modernity."--BOOK JACKET.



The Transatlantic Alliance On The Eve Of The New Millennium


The Transatlantic Alliance On The Eve Of The New Millennium
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Author : Snežana Trifunovska
language : en
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Release Date : 1996-05-29

The Transatlantic Alliance On The Eve Of The New Millennium written by Snežana Trifunovska and has been published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-05-29 with Political Science categories.


Within these pages is a veritable banquet for those who savour the politics of international security. The reader is offered factual analysis, insight, new perspectives, revisited concepts, problem spotting and recipes for solutions. Academic observers from a dozen different countries in Eastern and Western Europe and on both sides of the Atlantic subject a large number of questions of topical interest in the security field to one or other of these forms of treatment. Their debate embraces reinforcement of the European pillar of the Alliance; adjustment of the balance of responsibilities between the two sides of the Atlantic; and shoring up the transatlantic partnership and perhaps broadening it into that elusive concept, a 'transatlantic community', stretching into economic and other fields. They address the perceived security vacuum in parts of Central and Eastern Europe and discuss measures to build up greater confidence between former Cold War antagonists and ways of developing in them the habits of co-operation rather than counter-operation. They draw up architectural designs for the security of the twenty-first century and grapple with the conflict of ideas circulating about the Alliance's future and particularly about its future relationship with Russia. Isolationism, nationalism, multilateralism, realism, constructivism and other -isms are helpfully put into context. Renationalisation, denationalisation and identities in formation or in decline are also investigated.



Trujillo A Jewish Community In Extremadura On The Eve Of The Expulsion From Spain


Trujillo A Jewish Community In Extremadura On The Eve Of The Expulsion From Spain
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Author : Haim Beinart
language : en
Publisher: Hebrew University Magnes Press
Release Date : 1980

Trujillo A Jewish Community In Extremadura On The Eve Of The Expulsion From Spain written by Haim Beinart and has been published by Hebrew University Magnes Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Jews categories.


This second volume is dedicated to the study of a Jewish community in Extremadura on the Eve of the Expulsion from Spain. Based on documents which are now published for the first time, this study reveals the life and surroundings of a community lulled into a false sense of security and endeavoring to build its life in peace while the war against Granada continues. The order for Expulsion came as a blow yet, undaunted, the Jewish community set out on the road to a new destiny.



Spain Through French Eyes From The Eve Of The Peninsular War To The Age Of The Realists


Spain Through French Eyes From The Eve Of The Peninsular War To The Age Of The Realists
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Author : Stanley Everts Gray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959

Spain Through French Eyes From The Eve Of The Peninsular War To The Age Of The Realists written by Stanley Everts Gray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with categories.




South America On The Eve Of Emancipation


South America On The Eve Of Emancipation
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Author : Bernard Moses
language : en
Publisher: READ BOOKS
Release Date : 2007-03

South America On The Eve Of Emancipation written by Bernard Moses and has been published by READ BOOKS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03 with History categories.


PREFACE. THE Author of this very practical treatise on Scotch Loch - Fishing desires clearly that it may be of use to all who had it. He does not pretend to have written anything new, but to have attempted to put what he has to say in as readable a form as possible. Everything in the way of the history and habits of fish has been studiously avoided, and technicalities have been used as sparingly as possible. The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general. This section is interleaved with blank shects for the readers notes. The Author need hardly say that any suggestions addressed to the case of the publishers, will meet with consideration in a future edition. We do not pretend to write or enlarge upon a new subject. Much has been said and written-and well said and written too on the art of fishing but loch-fishing has been rather looked upon as a second-rate performance, and to dispel this idea is one of the objects for which this present treatise has been written. Far be it from us to say anything against fishing, lawfully practised in any form but many pent up in our large towns will bear us out when me say that, on the whole, a days loch-fishing is the most convenient. One great matter is, that the loch-fisher is depend- ent on nothing but enough wind to curl the water, -and on a large loch it is very seldom that a dead calm prevails all day, -and can make his arrangements for a day, weeks beforehand whereas the stream- fisher is dependent for a good take on the state of the water and however pleasant and easy it may be for one living near the banks of a good trout stream or river, it is quite another matter to arrange for a days river-fishing, if one is looking forward to a holiday at a date some weeks ahead. Providence may favour the expectant angler with a good day, and the water in order but experience has taught most of us that the good days are in the minority, and that, as is the case with our rapid running streams, -such as many of our northern streams are, -the water is either too large or too small, unless, as previously remarked, you live near at hand, and can catch it at its best. A common belief in regard to loch-fishing is, that the tyro and the experienced angler have nearly the same chance in fishing, -the one from the stern and the other from the bow of the same boat. Of all the absurd beliefs as to loch-fishing, this is one of the most absurd. Try it. Give the tyro either end of the boat he likes give him a cast of ally flies he may fancy, or even a cast similar to those which a crack may be using and if he catches one for every three the other has, he may consider himself very lucky. Of course there are lochs where the fish are not abundant, and a beginner may come across as many as an older fisher but we speak of lochs where there are fish to be caught, and where each has a fair chance. Again, it is said that the boatman has as much to do with catching trout in a loch as the angler. Well, we dont deny that. In an untried loch it is necessary to have the guidance of a good boatman but the same argument holds good as to stream-fishing...