A History of Spain

ISBN-13: 9780230200128 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 352 str.

Simon Barton

Opis

This expanded new edition has been revised throughout in order to amplify key points. The last chapter brings the story up to date and includes discussion of recent events such as the 2004 Madrid bombings and the 2008 general election. The second edition also features additional maps and figures.

Spis treści

List of Maps and Figures.- Preface to the First Edition.- Preface to the Second Edition.- Introduction.- Origins: From Prehistory to the Visigoths.- The Muslim Conquest.- The Ascendancy of Christian Iberia, AD 1000-1474.- The Universal Monarchy, 1474-1700.- The Enlightened Despots, 1700-1833.- Liberalism and Reaction, 1833-1931.- The Modern Era, 1931-2008.- Glossary.- Chronology.- Selected Further Reading.- Index.

O autorze

SIMON BARTON is Professor of Spanish History at the University of Exeter, UK.

Blurb

Spain is different' was for a long time the explanation proffered by historians when they sought to explain the course of the nation's exceptionally rich and varied history. Spain was the only region in the medieval West (along with Sicily) to experience Islamic conquest; the first nation to lay claim to a global empire and the first to lose it; and the country in which the extreme forces of the Left and the Right were to act out one of the bloodiest confrontations Europe has known. Today, however, as Spain has become firmly integrated into the political and economic structures of the European Union, the long-held notion that the country is a nation apart no longer seems valid. Simon Barton probes the extent to which Spain should be regarded as an exceptional case and provides a highly-readable, lucid and balanced account of its vibrant and colourful history, from its origins to the present day.

This second edition of a highly successful text has been revised and expanded in the light of new scholarship, and now features additional maps and figures. Barton brings the story right up to date with coverage of recent events, such as the 2004 Madrid bombings and the general election of 2008.