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BSPHS Forum: Golden Anniversaries: Sir John Elliott’s Imperial Spain and The Revolt of the Catalans after fifty years
No full textA commemorative panel at the 44th meeting of the ASPHS meeting in Albuquerque, NM in April 2013 in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Sir John Elliott\u27s Imperial Spain and The Revolt of the Catalans, revised here as a forum on the same topic
Review of Pedro Cardim, Tamar Herzog, José Javier Ruiz Ibáñez, and Gaetano Sabatini, eds. Polycentric Monarchies: How did Early Modern Spain and Portugal Achieve and Maintain a Global Hegemony?
No full textReview of Maria Thomas, The Faith and the Fury: Popular Anticlerical Violence and Iconoclasm in Spain, 1931-1936
No full textNATO and the reorganization Portuguese Army Staff Corps instruction in the 1950’s
No full textThis article examines the impact that the Portuguese accession to NATO had to the modernization of the Portuguese Armed Forces. We are particularly concerned in understanding the consequences of the Alliance on the development of the Portuguese Army Staff Corps’ (ASC) instruction. As we will show, the ASC was an idiosyncratic body within the Army, whose main function was to perform General Staff duties in high-ranking headquarters. In the beginning of the authoritarian regime of Estado Novo, reforms in the Portuguese Armed Forces led to the political submission of the military, including the ASC. According to the SHAPE’s officers that participated in the Portuguese Army modernization in the beginning of 1950’s, this political submission of the ASC was considered to be an obstacle to the proper effectiveness of the Portuguese Army. As we will see, even though some changes occurred in the instruction of the General Staff officers in order to increase its efficiency, NATO was not able to reverse the elitist nature of this particular body of the Portuguese Army
Constitucionalismo atlântico e ideologia da escravidão: a experiência de Cádis em perspectiva comparada
No full textReview of Patrick O’Banion, The Sacrament of Penance and Religious Life in Golden Age Spain.
No full textReview of Kimberly Lynn, Between Court and Confessional: The Politics of Spanish Inquisitors
No full textGerman Propaganda in Francoist Spain: Diplomatic Information Bulletins as a Primary Tool of Nazi Propaganda
No full textMany monographs have been written about the power and the appeal of nazi propaganda but, as new studies flourish, one idea seems to be confirmed – that of effective propaganda in Germany versus inadequate and ineffective propaganda abroad. Although this seems to be certain, specific studies need to be written in order to confirm it for each country. In order to study the Spanish case in depth, this article analyses the collection of information bulletins issued by the German embassy in Madrid, and reserved for the Spanish authorities only, in order to explore how the propaganda directives issued from Berlin were adapted to Spain. This study provides an insight into how Hitler’s Germany wanted to present the war, not only to the world, but foremost to its potential allies in the conflict. In addition, the analysis of the bulletins provides us with an instrument to understand better the possible expectations that the course of the war aroused in Franco’s own party and to what extent they influenced how the Falange foresaw the future and acted in consequence