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Writing in 1868, the Philadelphia publisher-cum-historian Henry Charles Lea informed a friend, "I am trying to collect the materials for a history of the Inquisition." The collecting of these materials-books, manuscripts, and copies of thousands of pages of documents housed in musty European archives and libraries-would occupy Lea (1825-1909) for the remainder of his life. It also led to publication of A History of the Inquisition of the Middl...

The close connection between universities and bureaucratic institutions such as church and state was perhaps first noticed by Max Weber. Such institutions, he observed, require a dependable source of cadres to run them. Thus, the size and composition of university enrollments are often a function of bureaucratic needs. Richard Kagan examines the dynamics of this relationship historically by racing the growth and decline of the university syste...

Richard L. Kagan is the emeritus Arthur O. Lovejoy Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of numerous books, including¿Clio¿and the Crown: The Politics of¿History in Medieval and Early Modern Spain and¿Urban Images of the Hispanic World, 1493–1793. ¿

In the sixteenth century Spain was at the height of its glory, enjoying a period of exceptional power, wealth, and artistic splendor. In 1561 Philip II commissioned Europe's leading topographical artist, Anton van den Wyngaerde, to prepare cities and towns of his Golden Age empire. Van den Wyngaerde spent most of his time traveling in Spain from 1561 until his death in 1571, preparing views--many the earliest known depictions--of no fewer than...

Presents the autobiographies of a diverse group of prisoners, who are the victims of the Spanish Inquisition, that represent political or social issues, raising intimate questions about the religious, sexual, political, or national identities of the prisoners.

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Setting aside the pastiche of bullfighters and flamenco dancers that has dominated the US image of Spain for more than a century, this title uncovers the roots of Spanish studies to explain why the diversity, vitality, and complexity of Spanish history and culture have been reduced in US accounts to the equivalent of a tourist brochure.

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Kagan concludes that despite its blemishes, the writing of official histories contributed, however imperfectly, to the practice of historiography itself.

The idea of a dialogue - sometimes harmonious, sometimes divisive - between the centre and periphery of the early modern European state stands at the heart of much of John Elliott's historical writing. It is the fulcrum around which his Imperial Spain revolves, and it lies at the heart of his analysis of the causes of the revolt of the Catalans against the centralising policies of the Madrid government. His writings on the Americas, such as Th...

Featuring chapters by Jonathan Israel, Natalie Zemon Davis, Aviva Ben-Ur, Holly Snyder, and other prominent Jewish historians, this collection opens new avenues of inquiry into the Jewish diaspora and integrates Jewish trade and settlements into the broader narrative of Atlantic exploration.

Explores the role that Jews, Conversos, and Crypto-Jews played in settling and building the Atlantic world between 1500 and 1800. This title demonstrates that Jews were active and equal participants in the imperial age along with the Dutch, Portuguese, English, Spanish, and French.