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Review of Miguel Martínez, Front Lines: Soldiers’ Writing in the Early Modern Hispanic World
No full textReview of Hugo García, Mercedes Yusta, Xavier Tabet, and Cristina Clímaco, eds. Rethinking Antifascism. History, Memory and Politics, 1922 to the Present
No full textReview of Fernando del Rey and Manuel Álvarez Tardío, eds. Políticas del odio: Violencia y crisis de la democracias en el mundo de entreguerras
No full textFernando III y la Cruzada Hispánica
No full textThe present article examines the relationship between Fernando III of Castile-León and the phenomenon of crusading in which he was an active and frequent participant. The study makes an in important contribution to wider discussions of crusading and holy war in Iberia in the period by its patient excavation of the papal and local diplomatic material and the major chronicles from the period. Taken together, the argument of the essay shows that, far from being a passive recipient of the crusading movement and its rhetoric, Fernando and his court participated in the discourse of crusading and employed it in a fashion that alloyed the local traditions of war against Muslim powers in al-Andalus with larger European phenomenon
Building Heaven on Earth: Bishop Maurice and the novam fabricam of Burgos cathedral
No full textThe cathedral of Burgos, founded in 1221, was one of the first Gothic cathedrals to be constructed in the kingdom of Castile. Built by French masons and craftsmen, it stands as a monument to the introduction of the opus francigenum into Spain, and the convergence of French architectural models with Spanish ecclesiastical culture. As the thirteenth century progressed, this foreign style was adopted in a number of new cathedrals, including those of Toledo and León. Yet, although the architectural history of Burgos has been discussed in detail, far less is known about the cathedral’s founder and patron, Maurice, bishop of Burgos between 1213 and 1238. This article seeks to shed new light on Maurice’s foundation of the cathedral, assessing his connections with France in the run up to 1221 and his concerns and priorities once the building work was underway. Furthermore, analysis of Maurice’s own writings, the Concordia Mauriciana, written in 1230, indicates that this new architectural style had a symbolic significance to its patron, bringing Burgos in line with French ecclesiastical and theological developments
Review of Kimberly Lynn and Erin Kathleen Rowe, eds. The Early Modern Hispanic World: Transnational and Interdisciplinary Approaches
No full textSport in an Authoritarian Regime: The Primo de Rivera Era in Spain, 1923-30
No full textThe 1920s were part of Spanish literature’s Silver Age but for some of the nation’s athletes it was more of a Golden Age. The national football team won the silver medal at the 1920 Olympic games and in 1929 became the first team outside the United Kingdom to beat England. In 1926, heavyweight boxer Paulino Uzcudun claimed the European championship and tennis star Lili Alvarez began a run of three consecutive women’s singles finals at Wimbledon. Many of these sporting successes came during the dictatorship of General Miguel Primo de Rivera who seized power in 1923. Analyzing the dictatorship’s attitudes and actions toward sport helps illuminate the transitional nature of the regime and sheds light on how Spaniards considered the changing roles that sport could play in both national and international contexts. The government and other powerful voices in the country maintained an uneasy relationship with modern sport and unlike authoritarian regimes in Italy, Germany or Brazil, never attempted to fully organize, control or promote athletic activities beyond physical education programs. Such notions limited government intervention in sport and prevented the nation from effectively promoting itself through athletic success
Review of Jodi Campbell, At the First Table: Food and Social Identity in Early Modern Spain
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