Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, Date: 2000. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. xxii + 584 pp, preface, abbreviations, list of illustrations, 4 titled Parts / 16 titled chapters with footnotes , Select bibliography, index. 6.3" x 9.5" deep maroon cloth boards, gilt spine, in unclipped DJ. with acetate protector. Very faint shelf-wear to lower textblock fore-edge. else, AS New. . 2000. University of Michigan Press ISBN 0472110926 9780472110926 [US]

ISBN10: 0472110926, ISBN13: 9780472110926, [publisher: Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press] Hardcover XXII, 584 p.: Ill. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Buchrücken ausgeblichen, leicht berieben, Vorderschnitt minimal verschmutzt, sonst gut und sauber / spine faded, slightly rubbed, fore-edge minimally soiled, otherwise good and clean. - In this major new work,J. N. Hillgarth investigates how Spain was seen by nonSpaniards in the period when it was the leading power in Europe. The author brings together a wide range of sources that elucidate Spanish history and Spanish character, demonstrating the ways that propaganda has distorted both, in the past and even into the present.In the first of the volume's four parts, the author discusses the reasons-geographic, political, and religious-why Spain has proved a hard country to understand. Hillgarth looks at travelers to Spain, from pilgrims to diplomats, spies, exiles, and foreign residents. In the second part, special attention is devoted to the interaction among Christians, Jews, and Muslims, including Jewish and Muslim exiles and secret Jews within Spain. The book's third part explores reactions to Spain by those who saw it from the outside, the Italians, Dut ...
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