The Spanish empire : a historical encyclopedia / H. Micheal Tarver, editor ; Emily Slape, assistant editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tarver Denova, Hollis Micheal.

Slape, Emily.

Series:

Empires of the World.

Empires of the world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spain--Colonies--History--Encyclopedias.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations, maps, portraits.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2016.

Summary:

This work explores the centuries-long empire of the Iberian kingdom covering Spain and Latin America, the caste system, dynastic rivalries, economics, major political events and players, and wars of independence.

Contents:

A4117C_Volume 1; A4117C_Volume 2; Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chronology of the Spanish Empire; Government and Politics; Organization and Administration; Individuals; Groups and Organizations; Index; Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Key Events; Military; Objects and Artifacts; Key Places; Primary Documents; Appendix Monarchs and Rulers of Spain (1479-Present); Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Editors and Contributors; Index

OVERVIEW ESSAYOVERVIEW ESSAY; OVERVIEW ESSAY; OVERVIEW ESSAY; OVERVIEW ESSAY; OVERVIEW ESSAY; OVERVIEW ESSAY; OVERVIEW ESSAY; 1. MAYAN HIEROGLYPHICS; 2. THE LAST RAVAGE OF GRANADA: WASHINGTON IRVING'S CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA (1492); 3. PRIVILEGES AND PREROGATIVES GRANTED TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BY THE SPANISH CROWN (1492); 4. THE SANTA MARÍA (1492); 5. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ON THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA (1493); 6. THE PAPAL BULL INTER CAETERA (1493); 7. TREATY OF TORDESILLAS (1494); 8. COMPACT BETWEEN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL (1495)

9. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS'S RETURN TO SPAIN AND HIS DEATH (1504-1506)10. EXCERPT FROM A LETTER OF HERNÁN CORTÉS TO CHARLES I OF SPAIN (1520); 11. BERNAL DÍAZ DEL CASTILLO'S ACCOUNT OF THE SPANISH RETREAT FROM TENOCHTITLÁN, THE AZTEC CAPITAL (1520); 12. SPEECH BY HERNÁN CORTÉS TO HIS MEN (ca. 1520); 13. ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF MAGELLAN (1521); 14. TREATY OF VITORIA (1524); 15. TREATY OF ZARAGOZA (1529); 16. ACCOUNT OF THE SPANISH ARRIVAL AT THE INCAN CITY OF CAJAMARCA (1532; 17. EARLY ACCOUNT OF SOUTH AMERICAN NATIVES (ca. 1535)

18. AMERICAN NATIVES AND CHRISTIANITY: THE PAPAL BULL SUBLIMUS DEI (1537)19. ESTEBANICO AND THE SEARCH FOR THE SEVEN CITIES OF CÍBOLA (1539); 20. FÉLIX LOPE DE VEGA Y CARPIO, THE PILGRIM IN HIS OWN COUNTRY (1604); 21. EARLY SPANISH UNDERSTANDING OF THE BELIEFS OF THE YUCATAN INDIANS (1639); 22. THE TREASURE FLEET (1747); 23. TRADE IN CARTHAGENA (1760); 24. THE POPULATION OF THE SPANISH COLONIES (1810); 25. PROCLAMATION OF SIMÓN BOLÍVAR TO SOLDIERS OF THE IRISH LEGION (1819); 26. WAR WITH SPAIN OVER CUBA: RESOLUTIONS OF THE U.S. CONGRESS ON CUBA, INCLUDING THE TELLER AMENDMENT (1898)

27. TREATY OF PARIS (1898)28. THE PHILIPPINE PROCLAMATION OF INDEPENDENCE (1899); 29. JOSÉ RIZAL, THE PHILIPPINES A CENTURY HENCE (1912); 30. CHARLES DERBYSHIRE, THE REIGN OF GREED (1912); 31. CULTURAL BLENDING: THE TALE OF "THE PRESIDENT WHO HAD HORNS" (1916); 32. FRANCISCO FRANCO AND DON JUAN DE BORBÓN: AN INTERVIEW WITH FRANCO (1937); 33. FRANCO AND WORLD WAR II: A POLITICAL CARTOON (1942); 34. MILITARY FACILITIES IN SPAIN: JOINT AGREEMENT BETWEEN SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES (1953); Africa, Scramble for; Aragón, Crown of; Bourbons; Castile, Crown of; Conciliar System; Enlightened Despotism

Fascism in Spain

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798216017271

9798216147657

9781610694223

1610694228

OCLC:

966903897