Jerome R. Mintz's classic study of the lives of Andalusian campesinos who were swept up by one of the 20th century's pivotal social movements provided [...]

Winner of the 1986 Wolfson Prize in History



A masterful biography of Don Gaspar de Guzmán, Count Duke of Olivares - righthand advisor to Spain’s Philip [...]

The Spanish Civil War was more than a fratricidal struggle. Nobody could have predicted in July 1936 that a failed military coup could give way [...]

Fascism in Spain, 1923-1977, by celebrated historian Stanley G. Payne, is the first comprehensive history of Spanish Fascism to appear in any language. This authoritative [...]

The seventeenth century has gained enormously from the resurgence of historical studies in Spain and from the contributions of historians outside the penninsula. In this [...]

How did a barren, thinly populated country, isolated from the rest of Europe, become the world’s first superpower?



Henry Kamen’s superb book sheds fascinating new light [...]

Written in an accessible style and assuming no prior knowledge, the books in this series address the specific needs of students on language courses. Approaching [...]