A Concise History of Spain

Although the experience of being an American in Europe evokes a great many feelings, probably the most characteristic is reverence. One so often feels one is walking on hallowed ground. Just the other day, I found myself looking up at the Roman aqueduct in Segovia. As I stood there, gaping skyward,......more

It is what it says, a "Concise History" of Spain, so this works well as an informational resource, and I enjoyed the first 2/3 of the book. Up until the 20th century it's definitely a good overview without going into extreme detail, and it gives fairly good background on what leads up to the events......more

In A Concise History of Spain, William D. Phillips Jr. takes us on an impressive journey through time, covering the entire history of Spain from the prehistoric cave paintings in Altamira, the influential Roman and Moorish periods, up to the modern democratic state of today. Phillips Jr. manages to h......more

Traveling through Spain can quickly get a bit bewildering if you're dipping into its many-layered history here and there and everywhere and getting bombarded with a whole procession of names of monarchs, generals, battles and all the rest. Navigating all this and getting a general lay of the histori......more

En intressant översikt som fokuserar på samband, och rör sig ledigt över de olika politiktangerande ytorna - normer, juridik, ekonomi, kultur, religion, personliga relationer. Eftersom den täcker in hela perioden mellan Rom och Francos död är den naturligtvis inte jättedjup, men den är en mycket bra......more