This book reflects on Western humanity's efforts to escape from history and its terrors--from the existential condition and natural disasters to the endless succession of wars and other man-made catastrophes. Drawing on historical episodes ranging from antiquity to the recent past, and combining them with literary examples and personal reflections, Teofilo Ruiz explores the embrace of religious experiences, the pursuit of worldly success and pleasures, and the quest for beauty and knowledge as three primary responses to the individual and collective nightmares of history. The result is a...
This book reflects on Western humanity's efforts to escape from history and its terrors--from the existential condition and natural disasters to th...
A comprehensive history that focuses on the crises of Spain in the late middle ages and the early transformations that underpinned the later successes of the Catholic Monarchs.
Illuminates Spain's history from the early fourteenth century to the union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon in 1474
Examines the challenges and reforms of the social, economic, political, and cultural structures of the country
Looks at the early transformations that readied Spain for the future opportunities and challenges of the early modern Age of Discovery
Includes a helpful...
A comprehensive history that focuses on the crises of Spain in the late middle ages and the early transformations that underpinned the later successes...
