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Rereading the Black Legend : the Discourses of Religious and Racial Difference in the Renaissance Empires.
The phrase "The Black Legend" was coined in 1912 by a Spanish journalist in protest of the characterization of Spain by other Europeans as a backward country defined by ignorance, superstition, and religious fanaticism, whose history could never recover from the black mark of its violent c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The phrase "The Black Legend" was coined in 1912 by a Spanish journalist in protest of the characterization of Spain by other Europeans as a backward country defined by ignorance, superstition, and religious fanaticism, whose history could never recover from the black mark of its violent conquest of the Americas. Challenging this stereotype, Rereading the Black Legend contextualizes Spain's uniquely tarnished reputation by exposing the colonial efforts of other nations whose interests were served by propagating the "Black Legend." A distinguished group of contributors here examine early modern. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (487 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | BibliographyList of Contributors; Index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226307244 0226307247 9780226307213 0226307212 |