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Warnings to the Kings and Advice on Restoring Spain : a Bilingual Edition.
During a pivotal point in Spanish history, aristocrat Mara de Guevara (?1683) produced two extraordinary essays that appealed for strong leadership, protested political corruption, and demanded the inclusion of women in the courts decision making. "Treaty" gave Philip IV practical suggesti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Other voice in early modern Europe.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | During a pivotal point in Spanish history, aristocrat Mara de Guevara (?1683) produced two extraordinary essays that appealed for strong leadership, protested political corruption, and demanded the inclusion of women in the courts decision making. "Treaty" gave Philip IV practical suggestions for fighting the war against Portugal and "Disenchantments" counseled the king-to-be, Charles II, on strategies to raise the countrys status in Europe. This annotated bilingual edition, featuring Nieves Romero-Dazs adroit translation, reproduces Guevaras polemics for the first time. Guevaras provo. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (195 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780226140827 0226140822 |