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Recuperamos uno de los libros de historia más importantes del siglo XX. El Conde-Duque de Olivares, de sir John Elliott, es una obra monumental sobre un hombre y una época -Gaspar de Guzmán y los últimos años del predominio español- que trasciende los límites de la mera biografía. Los historiadores del mundo entero han valorado unánimemente este libro como un estudio definitivo que ilumina una época esencial en la historia de Europa y nos enfrenta con un tema tan complejo como la decadencia del Imperio español. Es además, como han señalado todos sus críticos, una espléndida obra literaria.

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A landmark account that reveals the long history behind the current Catalan and Scottish independence movements A distinguished historian of Spain and Europe provides an enlightening account of the development of nationalist and separatist movements in contemporary Catalonia and Scotland. This first sustained comparative study uncovers the similarities and the contrasts between the Scottish and Catalan experiences across a five-hundred-year period, beginning with the royal marriages that brought about union with their more powerful neighbors, England and Castile respectively, and following the story through the centuries from the end of the Middle Ages until today’s dramatic events. J. H. Elliott examines the political, economic, social, cultural, and emotional factors that divide Scots and Catalans from the larger nations to which their fortunes were joined. He offers new insights into the highly topical subject of the character and development of European nationalism, the nature of separatism, and the sense of grievance underlying the secessionist aspirations that led to the Scottish referendum of 2014, the illegal Catalan referendum of October 2017, and the resulting proclamation of an independent Catalan republic.

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This epic history compares the empires built by Spain and Britain in the Americas, from Columbus’s arrival in the New World to the end of Spanish colonial rule in the early nineteenth century. J. H. Elliott, one of the most distinguished and versatile historians working today, offers us history on a grand scale, contrasting the worlds built by Britain and by Spain on the ruins of the civilizations they encountered and destroyed in North and South America.Elliott identifies and explains both the similarities and differences in the two empires’ processes of colonization, the character of their colonial societies, their distinctive styles of imperial government, and the independence movements mounted against them. Based on wide reading in the history of the two great Atlantic civilizations, the book sets the Spanish and British colonial empires in the context of their own times and offers us insights into aspects of this dual history that still influence the Americas.

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El más prestigioso hispanista británico reflexiona sobre la política, la cultura y las ideas en Europa y el mundo colonial.Autor de algunos de los trabajos más influyentes sobre el mundo hispánico, Elliott siempre ha sabido analizar la historia de España y el mundo hispánico con una mirada original y profunda, y es autor de algunos de los trabajos más influyentes en este campo. Este volumen recoge escritos que reflejan sus investigaciones más recientes y su pensamiento sobre la política, el arte, la cultura y las ideas en Europa y el mundo colonial entre 1500 y 1800.El libro contiene catorce ensayos, charlas y artículos de impresionante calado y frescura, escritos con el característico brío de Elliott. Organizado en torno a tres ejes -los comienzos de la Europa moderna, la expansión europea en ultramar y la obra y contexto histórico de El Greco, Velázquez, Rubens y Van Dyck-, este volumen ofrece una excelente visión de conjunto de los temas que han centrado el interés de E

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Encuadernación: Rústica.

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A vivid and extraordinarily wide-ranging collection of writings by an eminent historian of Spain and its empire When J. H. Elliott published Spain and Its World, 1500–1700 some twenty years ago, one of many enthusiasts declared, “For anyone interested in the history of empire, of Europe and of Spain, here is a book to keep within reach, to read, to study and to enjoy" (Times Literary Supplement). Since then Elliott has continued to explore the history of Spain and the Hispanic world with originality and insight, producing some of the most influential work in the field. In this new volume he gathers writings that reflect his recent research and thinking on politics, art, culture, and ideas in Europe and the colonial worlds between 1500 and 1800.The volume includes fourteen essays, lectures, and articles of remarkable breadth and freshness, written with Elliott’s characteristic brio. It includes an unpublished lecture in honor of the late Hugh Trevor-Roper. Organized around three themes—early modern Europe, European overseas expansion, and the works and historical context of El Greco, Velázquez, Rubens, and Van Dyck—the book offers a rich survey of the themes at the heart of Elliott’s interests throughout a career distinguished by excellence and innovation.

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The story of Spain's rise to greatness from its humble beginnings as one of the poorest and most marginal of European countries is a remarkable and dramatic one. With the marriage of Ferdinand & Isabella, the final expulsion of the Moslems and the discovery of America, Spain took on a seemingly unstoppable dynamism that made it into the world's first global power. This amazing success however created many powerful enemies and Elliott's famous book charts the dramatic fall of Habsburg Spain with the same elan as it charts the rise.

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