Spain

Resumen del libro

In the sixteenth century, the Spaniards became the first nation in history to have worldwide reach; across most of Europe to the Americas, the Philippines, and India. Goodwin tells the story of Spain and the Spaniards, from great soldiers like the Duke of Alba to literary figures and artists such as El Greco, Velazquez, Cervantes, and Lope de Vega, and the monarchs who ruled over them. At the beginning of the modern age, Spaniards were caught between the excitement of change and a medieval world of chivalry and religious orthodoxy, they experienced a turbulent existential angst that fueled an exceptional Golden Age, a fluorescence of art, literature, poetry, and which inspired new ideas about International Law, merchant banking, and economic and social theory.

Biografía del autor

Robert Goodwin nació, se educó y se doctoró en Londres con una tesis sobre la España del Siglo de Oro. Actualmente es escritor e historiador a tiempo completo y vive a caballo entre Londres y Sevilla, ciudades que ama. Su primer libro importante, Crossing the Continent 1527-1540: the Story of the First African-American Explorer of the American South, se publicó en 2008 en inglés. España. Centro del mundo 1519-1682 es su primera obra traducida al español.