Debate on the Decline of Spain

Informationen zum Autor Helen Rawlings is Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the University of Leicester Klappentext Looks at when, why and how Spain declined in status from its pre-eminent position as a leading world power in the seventeenth century, examining the methodologies and schools of inquiry that have shaped the discourse and how historians' perceptions have been influenced by time and circumstance. Zusammenfassung Looks at when, why and how Spain declined in status from its pre-eminent position as a leading world power in the seventeenth century, examining the methodologies and schools of inquiry that have shaped the discourse and how historians’ perceptions have been influenced by time and circumstance. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis General editor's forewordPrefaceIntroduction1. The sixteenth century: the Black Legend2. The seventeenth century: arbitrismo and decline3. The eighteenth century: enlightened opinion4. The nineteenth century: liberalism and conservatism5. The early twentieth century: imperialism and decline6. The mid-twentieth century: inter-disciplinary perspectives7. The later twentieth century: the general crisis of the seventeenth century8. The current debate: decline reappraisedFurther readingIndex

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Helen Rawlings
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.09.2012
• EAN: 9780719079641
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-7964-1
• Seiten: 192
• Serien: Issues in Historiography; Issues in Historiography
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Europäische Geschichte, European History, Spain, Südeuropa, HISTORY / Historiography, History - General History, HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal, Historiography, HISTORY / Europe / Spain