To Speak for the People is a lucid and innovative study of public opinion during the French Revolution. Cowans adds a strong and original voice to the historical debate over the problem of legitimacy during the Revolution.
To Speak for the People is a lucid and innovative study of public opinion during the French Revolution. Cowans adds a strong and original voice to the...
Spain as a political entity can be traced to the joining of the two largest Iberian kingdoms through the marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile in 1469. Over the course of the next centuries, Spain rose to European dominance, presided over the world's largest empire, and saw its power and wealth decline until it was finally conquered and occupied by Napoleon in the early nineteenth century. Early Modern Spain: A Documentary History, the first broad-ranging collection in English of writings from the entire period from 1469 to the end of the eighteenth century,...
Spain as a political entity can be traced to the joining of the two largest Iberian kingdoms through the marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabel...
Modern Spain A Documentary History Edited by Jon Cowans "These books will prove to be immediately useful to anyone interested in Spanish history and culture."--Virginia Quarterly Review While the Civil War of 1936-39 dominated Spain's twentieth-century history, the country's fateful and bloody division into left and right had its roots in the events of the Napoleonic era. In Modern Spain: A Documentary History, the first broad-ranging collection in English of writings from this entire period, Jon Cowans presents 76 documents to trace the history of Spain as it struggled for political...
Modern Spain A Documentary History Edited by Jon Cowans "These books will prove to be immediately useful to anyone interested in Spanish history and c...