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It was only a few years ago that the Christian church celebrated the 500th anniversary of the protestant reformation, that historic day when the German monk and scholar, Martin Luther, nailed the 95 Theses to the chapel door of Wittenberg castle. What Luther likely thought was an otherwise insignificant event at the time turned out to be the much-needed spark to light an ecclesiastical movement towards reforming all life and thought to the teaching of God's Word alone. And while much is known about the history of the Reformation in general, much of what transpired in the Spanish-speaking world remains obscure and forgotten.Here then enters Thomas M'Crie, the knowledgeable guide who takes readers on a tour throughout the history of the Spanish reformation as it unfolded. M'Crie's History of the reformation in Spain, originally published in 1829, is an invaluable gem of scholarship that deserves wider exposure and distribution, and, in an effort to make it more accessible to modern readership, has been reformatted and retitled to the History of the Spanish Reformation. M'Crie's objective was twofold, (i) to contribute towards the history of that reformational movement that affected all of Europe and the New World, and by doing so, (ii) rescuing the Spanish reformation from obscurity.- From the Foreword

Volume I of the first complete English translation of the chronicles of Fernão Lopes chronicles the reign of Pedro I (1357-67), dubbed both 'the Just' and 'the Cruel', including his dealings with the kingdom of Castile, the war between Castile and Aragon, and the revenge he took on the men who murdered the woman he loved, Inês de Castro. Until now, the chronicles of Fernão Lopes (c.1380-c.1460) have only been available in critical editions or in partial translations. Comparable to the works of Froissart in France or López de Ayala in Spain, the chronicles provide a wealth of detail on late fourteenth-century politics, diplomacy, warfare and economic matters, courtly society, queenship and noble women, as well as more mundane concerns such as food, health and the purchasing power of a fluctuating currency. Lopes had a keen eye for detail and a perspective especially attuned to the common people, and his chronicles provide an invaluable source for the history of Western Europe in the later Middle Ages.

After the Spanish Civil War was lost, around half a million Republican loyalists fled across the border into France, where they were herded into concentration camps. Frida Stewart-who, during the civil war, had driven an ambulance to Spain and assisted in the evacuation of thousands of Basque children-went to France to help the refugees. When the Germans invaded, she was arrested and sent to internment camps, from where she escaped back to England with the help of the French Resistance. This is her memoir of those events, first published almost eighty years ago.

L'auteur arrive à St Sébastien en 1894. Puis il va par le train à Bilbao où le socialisme monte chez les ouvriers. Il va ensuite à Santander par la mer. Puis à Burgos avec un paysage magnifique. Il va ensuite à Valladolid. Puis à Salamanque, ville rose. Il va ensuite à Avila. Puis Madrid. Il va à l'Esorial, demeure de Philippe II. Puis à Tolède. Il va ensuite à Lisbonne, où coule le Tage. Puis à Cordoue (Espagne) avec sa super mosquée. Il va ensuite à Grenade avec son musée de l'Alhambra. Puis à Gibraltar avec sa montagne fortifiée. Il va ensuite à Tanger (Maroc). Puis il revient en Espagne à Cadix. Il va ensuite à Séville avec sa manufacture de tabac. Puis il revient à Madrid.

A journey through Castile and its people, Castilian Days invites readers to walk narrow streets, share a siesta, and notice the small, telling rituals that shape daily life in Spain. This is travel writing with a discerning eye, an essay collection that blends historical travelogue with intimate cultural observation and a sense of place that lingers long after the page is turned.John Hay's late nineteenth¿century portraits capture the textures of Castile Spain-from bustling markets to quiet rooms, from regional traditions to jokes shared in taverns. The book speaks to today's travel enthusiasts and to readers who relish a clear, human voice in historical writing. It is at once a window into a world of gilded age travel writing and a thoughtful meditation on how landscapes, customs, and exchanges shape a nation's memory. For libraries and collectors, it offers a preserved classic, a bridge between early american travel essays and a modern reader's appetite for travel memoirs.Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, Castilian Days is Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure - it stands as a valued addition to any travel¿writing collection, a precise and personal account that rewards repeated visits. This is a work for both casual readers and classic¿literature connoisseurs seeking a vivid, historical vantage on Castile and its enduring allure.

The Bible In Spain (Volume II): Or, The Journeys, Adventures, And Imprisonments Of An Englishman In An Attempt To Circulate The Scriptures In The Peninsula. A New Edition, With Notes And A Glossary, By Ulick Ralph Burke, Revised And Corrected By Herbert W. Greene (Complete Edition In Two Volumes - Volume II)This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions.2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work.We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!

The Bible In Spain (Volume I): Or, The Journeys, Adventures, And Imprisonments Of An Englishman In An Attempt To Circulate The Scriptures In The Peninsula. A New Edition, With Notes And A Glossary, By Ulick Ralph Burke, Revised And Corrected By Herbert W. Greene (Complete Edition In Two Volumes - Volume I)This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions.2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work.We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!

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As one of the oldest cities in the world, Lisbon blends ancient grit with modern glamour for an unparalleled travel experience.São Jorge Castle, built on a site that was fortified as early as the 1st century BC, flies the Portuguese flag. From its walls, the Alfama district tumbles down to the Rio Tejo, or Tagus River. Because it survived the devastating earthquake of 1755, Alfama is the oldest district in the city.The Jerónimos Monastery, richly decorated in the Manueline and Plateresque styles, offers a quiet stroll beneath arches carved from golden limestone. King Manuel I ordered the monastery constructed to serve Portuguese explorers.The Rossio, or King Pedro IV Square, is located in the Pombaline Lower Town. Popular since the Middle Ages, modern citizens prefer to meet there. Perhaps the best view is from above, where visitors can look down and see wide streets cutting through the maze to this central spot.Continue the tradition of exploration in one of the world's oldest cities with the color photos in Linger in Lisbon: From Belém Tower to the Tagus River (a Travel Photo Art book). In the Travel Photo Art series, traditional tourism panoramas mix with arthouse aesthetics. These slim, passport sized productions are your passport to new perspectives on famous places. Peer around corners and discover a unique way to interact with monuments and memorials you thought you knew.This popular series includes titles that mix text with the pictures. Books like Notre Dame Cathedral: Our Lady of Paris, featuring photos taken months before the 2019 fire, become keepsakes associated with a specific site. Titles like Lidice Lives and Terezin and Theresienstadt are deeply meaningful for families touched by the Holocaust.Laine Cunningham, a three-time recipient of The Hackney Award, writes fiction that takes readers around the world. Her debut novel, The Family Made of Dust, is set in the Australian Outback, while Reparation is a novel of the American Great Plains. She is the editor of Sunspot Literary Journal.

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The Spanish Civil War that began 17 July 1936 with Franco’s military coup,did not end with the defeat of the supporters of the legal government 1 April1939.From the moment the first shot was fired, the military insurgents embarked on a wave of massacre, torture and repression against half of the Spanish population that was terrorized, helpless for 40 years, until Franco’s death in 1975. Aside from a brief lifting of the forced lid of silence in the 1950s, the rest of the world remains ignorant of the genocide that, closely modelled on Hitler’s methods in Nazi Germany, led to the post-war slaughter of tens of thousands by firing squad or extra-legal methods buried, unidentified, by thehundreds in mass graves, many of which are only now being uncovered.Damnatio Memoriae, supported by dozens of eye-witness interviews, addresses this dark period in great detail as it sheds light on the repression that destroyed the lives of hundreds of thousands of dissenting men and women imprisoned for many years in more than 180 concentration camps, countless prisons and slave labour workers battalions where many died from torture, starvation and disease.Today, the surviving relatives of this half of the Spanish population,especially children who were taken from their parents to be re-educated, are attempting to identify the remains of the lost members of their families, givethem some dignity in death, and obtain some closure to their pain.

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