Spain Under the Crescent Moon
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Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Spain |
ISBN | : 9789695190715 |
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Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Spain |
ISBN | : 9789695190715 |
Author | : Angus Macnab |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
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Historical sketches so irresistibly readable, they might have been lifted straight from the Arabian Nights.
Author | : Rose Isabel Demir |
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Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Art |
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Author | : Lauren Beck |
Publisher | : Cambria Press |
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ISBN | : 1621967921 |
Author | : Christopher Howse |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2011-06-16 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1441125582 |
Christopher Howse has spent more than two decades exploring Spain. For him, its centuries-old cathedrals, monasteries and shrines demand pilgrimage more than tourism. In a journey across the Castilian interior he follows in the footsteps of El Cid and St Dominic, examines St Teresa's arm, samples the legacy of the Cardinal who invaded Africa, finds the spot where St John of the Cross escaped from prison, and discovers in a mountain shrine the world's largest remnant of the True Cross. He comes across a slaughterhouse dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and a cock and hen living in a cathedral. He hears of uncivil war in Europe's most civilised square and enjoys the smells, heat, food, noise, prayers, tears, flies, smoke, violence and laughter of an ancient culture in its last years. With an eye for the humorous and strange, he spends time in Soria and Silos, Yuste and Segovia, before turning from the pilgrim destination of Santiago de Compostela to the valleys of Extremadura, where the Virgin of Guadalupe took the Spanish to an unknown world.
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Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2010-09-20 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780816528400 |
It rises suddenly out of the Sonoran Desert landscape, towering over the tallest tree or cactus, a commanding building with a sensuous dome, elliptical vaults, and sturdy bell towers. There is nothing else like it around, nor does it seem there should be. This incongruity of setting is what strikes first-time visitors to Mission San Xavier del Bac. This great church is of another place and another time, while its beauty is universal and timeless. Mission San Xavier del Bac is a two-century-old Spanish church in southern Arizona located just a few miles from downtown Tucson, a metropolis of more than half a million people in the American Southwest. A National Historic Landmark since 1963, the missionÕs graceful baroque art and architecture have drawn visitors from all over the world. Now Bernard FontanaÑthe leading expert on San XavierÑand award-winning photographer Edward McCain team up to bring us a comprehensive view of the mission as weÕve never seen it before. With 200 stunning full-color photographs and incisive text illuminating the religious, historical, and motivational context of these images, A Gift of Angels is a must-have for tourists, scholars, and other visitors to San Xavier. From its glorious architecture all the way down to the finest details of its art, Mission San Xavier del Bac is indeed a gift of angels.
Author | : Eduardo Olid Guerrero |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 413 |
Release | : 2019-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1496213823 |
Queen Elizabeth I was an iconic figure in England during her reign, with many contemporary English portraits and literary works extolling her virtue and political acumen. In Spain, however, her image was markedly different. While few Spanish fictional or historical writings focus primarily on Elizabeth, numerous works either allude to her or incorporate her as a character. The Image of Elizabeth I in Early Modern Spain explores the fictionalized, historical, and visual representations of Elizabeth I and their impact on the Spanish collective imagination. Drawing on works by Miguel de Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Pedro de Ribadeneira, Luis de Góngora, Cristóbal de Virués, Antonio Coello, and Calderón de la Barca, among others, the contributors to this volume limn contradictory assessments of Elizabeth’s physical appearance, private life, personality, and reign. In doing so they articulate the various and sometimes conflicting ways in which the Tudor monarch became both the primary figure in English propaganda efforts against Spain and a central part of the Spanish political agenda. This edited volume revives and questions the image of Elizabeth I in early modern Spain as a means of exploring how the queen’s persona, as mediated by its Spanish reception, has shaped the ways in which we understand Anglo-Spanish relations during a critical era for both kingdoms.
Author | : Rhys Carpenter |
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Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Art, Greek |
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Author | : Archibald Wilberforce |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2021-11-05 |
Genre | : History |
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An expansive retelling of Spain's history can be found within this non-fiction book. Once the King of the Continent, Spain's fame has been won through blood, sweat, and tears over many centuries.
Author | : richard ford, f.s.a |
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Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 1882 |
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