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The Formation of a Myth
J.N. Hillgarth
ISBN: 9780472110926
Format: Hardback
Publisher:The University of Michigan Press
Edition: illustrated edition
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J. N. Hillgarth investigates how Spain was seen by non-Spaniards in the period when it was the leading power in Europe. The author brings together a wide range of sources that elucidate Spanish history and Spanish character, demonstrating the ways that propaganda has distorted both, in the past and even into the present.
Hillgarth investigates how Spain was seen by non-Spaniards in the period when it was the leading power in Europe. The author brings together a range of sources that elucidate Spanish history and character.'
| ISBN | 0472110926 | | Pages | 608 | | ISBN13 | 9780472110926
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | The University of Michigan Press | | Weight (grammes) | 1010 | | Imprint | The University of Michigan Press | | Published in | Ann Arbor, MI | | Format | Hardback | | Series title | History, Languages & Cultures of the Spanish & Portuguese Worlds S. | | Publication date | 30 Sep 2000 | | Height (mm) | 230 | | Library of Congress | 00008541 | | Width (mm) | 168 | | DEWEY | 946.04 | | Spine width (mm) | 47 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Abbreviations | | | | | | List of Illustrations | | | | Pt. I | | Non-Spaniards and Spain | | | | Ch. 1 | | The Intellectual Background | | 3 | | Pt. II | | Spain Observed | | | | Ch. 2 | | The Limits of Curiosity | | 71 | | Ch. 3 | | Spanish Catholicism through Foreign Eyes | | 125 | | Ch. 4 | | Alternative Religions: Conversos, Moriscos, and the Inquisition | | 160 | | Ch. 5 | | Visual Perceptions of Spain | | 241 | | Ch. 6 | | The Ability to Understand: Some English Views | | 272 | | Pt. III | | Spain Interpreted | | | | Ch. 7 | | Italy | | 295 | | Ch. 8 | | The Low Countries: The Origins of the Black Legend | | 309 | | Ch. 9 | | France | | 328 | | Ch. 10 | | England: Mary and Elizabeth | | 351 | | Ch. 11 | | The Catholic Exiles and Spain | | 396 | | Ch. 12 | | England and Spain in the Seventeenth Century | | 446 | | Ch. 13 | | Spain Seen from Afar: Russia and Peru | | 480 | | Pt. IV | | The Coalescence of a Myth | | | | Ch. 14 | | The Celebration of Spanish Decline | | 503 | | Ch. 15 | | History into Myth: The Case of Don Carlos | | 520 | | Ch. 16 | | The Spanish Character | | 528 | | | | Select Bibliography | | 545 | | | | Index | | 555 |
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