La Ciudad Resignada

This book is designed as a second- or third-year college text that presents the civilization of Spain in all its manifestations: history, literature, the arts, and popular culture. In this revision, all important cultural and historical information from previous editions has been retained, and new information about modern-day political organizations and culture has been added. With increased emphasis on the regional diversity of Spain and improved coverage of the contributions of women, this text introduces students to Spanish civilizations and culture.

El Rey es un libro extraordinario por muchos motivos. Por un lado, porque contiene numerosas revelaciones históricas y abundantes fotos inéditas de álbum personal de don Juan Carlos I de España. Pero sobre todo, porque su existencia se debe a una decisión singular del monarca español, que accedió a recibir en La Zarzuela a José Luis de Vilallonga para concederle una larga serie de entrevistas cuyo desarrollo constituye la columna vertebral de este libro. En El Rey se oye, por encima de todas las demás voces participantes, la del propio Juan Carlos de Borbón. Su voz, y también sus...

Based on the original manuscript, this book also contains the proper iconography of the literary work. It includes an introduction accompanied by a biography & a critical study of the work, the complete text, footnotes at the bottom of each page, glossary, illustrations of the original text, two bibliographies, & an index.

A popular account of the reign of the Catholic Monarchs. Ch. 13 (pp. 247-265), "Los Reyes Católicos y la Inquisición: Judíos y moriscos", deals with the establishment of the Inquisition and the expulsion of the Jews in 1492. Asserts that the Catholic Kings' abandonment of their protective policy toward the Jews in 1487 was motivated by religious and political considerations, not by an antisemitic attitude in the modern sense of the term. The decree of expulsion was intended to provoke the conversion of the Jews, not their mass emigration.