A History of Medieval Spain

Reducere. This is the late John A. Crow's classic study of the cultural history of Spain and its people, which he last updated in 1985 but which seems as fre...

Reducere. This updated and expanded edition of The History of Spain offers an in-depth examination of Europe's fifth largest economy, providing important cov...

A unique study of medieval architecture, which treats the subject thematically. It looks at construction methods, patronage, and function, as well ...

The Triumph of an Accursed Lineage analyses kingship in Castile between 1252 and 1350, with a particular focus on the pivotal reign of Alfonso XI (...

Reducere. A thorough examination of the history of the Templars in Spain and Portugal - Explores the mysteries surrounding the location of Templar enclaves -...

Reducere. A Different Perspective is written for travelers to Spain and Portugal who find history part of the pleasure of the trip. In cities where the cathe...

Reducere. At one time Spain was the center of Jewish life in Europe. Most European Jews were Spanish Jews. The most important scholars and yeshivas were ther...

Reducere. In a world torn by religious antagonism, lessons can be learned from medieval Spanish villages where Muslims, Christians, and Jews rubbed shoulders...

Reducere. What did the medieval Spanish have against the Jews? Religion and Otherness? In that Catholic world Jews were heretics, and they had customs and la...

DescriptionAll around the world there are festivals that reach back through the sands of time to medieval carnival traditions, and beyond. The fest...

Reducere. Seattle journalist Alienor Crespo travels to Spain to claim the promise of citizenship offered to the descendants of Jews expelled from Spain in 14...

Reducere. After World War II, Norman Lewis returned to Spain and settled in the remote fishing village of Farol, on what is now Costa Brava. Voices of the Ol...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Camino Made Easy: Reflections of a Parador Pilgrim relates three fascinating, culturally rich journeys on the Way of St. James, or t...

The 'Northern Crusades', inspired by the Pope's call for a Holy War, are less celebrated than those in the Middle East, but they were also more suc...

If you want to discover the captivating history of India, then keep reading...Three captivating manuscripts in one book: History of India: A Captiv...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of India, then keep reading...Three captivating manuscripts in one book: History of India: A Captiv...

Reducere. In 1981, while working as New Mexico State Historian, Stanley M. Hordes began to hear stories of Hispanos who lit candles on Friday night and absta...

This history of Europe begins with the fall of the Roman Empire, describes the gradual unifying of Europe's Medieval-era powers, and concludes with...

Reducere. National Jewish Book AwardThis ground-breaking documentary history contains over 150 primary sources originally written in 15 languages by or about...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the plague written by survivors across Europe *Includes a bibliography for further reading "The trend of r...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Middle Ages, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: The Dark Ages: A C...

DescriptionHow did the medieval Middle East transform from a majority-Christian world to a majority-Muslim world, and what role did violence play i...

How can we define "Judaism, " and what are the common threads uniting ancient rabbis, Maimonides, the authors of the Zohar, and modern secular Jews...

Charting a sweeping history of evil within the Western philosophical tradition, Gavin Rae shows that the problem of evil - as a conceptual problem ...

Reducere. God's War offers a sweeping new vision of one of history's most astounding events: the Crusades. From 1096 to 1500, European Christians fought to r...

Reducere. "The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela" presents the first complete English translation of Book Five of the Liber Sancti Jacobi or Codex Ca...

Reducere. An authoritative biography of the greatest ruler of the medieval period. The Emperor Charlemagne is an ideal book for readers of Tom Holland, Dan J...

In Blood and Boundaries, Stuart B. Schwartz takes us to late medieval Latin America to show how Spain and Portugal's policies of exclusion and disc...

Reducere. Ibn Batt ta was a geographer and traveller who spent decades roaming distant lands; these are his journeys, translated to English by celebrated sch...

Reducere. The cross that has been most significant in human history is the one between horses and donkeys to create the mule. Mules have played a key role in...