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Manuscript of the Estoria de España of Alfonso X of Castile.. The Estoria de España ("History of Spain"), also known in the 1906 edition of Ramón Menéndez Pidal as the Primera Crónica General ("First General Chronicle"), is a history book written on the initiative of Alfonso X of Castile "El Sabio" ("the Wise"), reigned 1252-1284, and who was actively involved in the chronicle's editing.
Spain's history during the nineteenth century was tumultuous, and featured alternating periods of republican-liberal and monarchical rule. The Spanish–American War led to losses of Spanish colonial possessions and a series of military dictatorships, during which King Alfonso XIII was deposed and a new Republican government was formed.
[5] The Instituto Nacional del Libro Español (National Book Institute) formed in 1941. [6] As of 2004 Spain had some 2,000+ book publishers in the private sector, including Prensa Española , and Prisa. [7] As of 2013 there were 809 publishing enterprises.
Part of a series on the. History of Spain; 18th century map of Iberia: ... This is a list of years in Spain. 16th century. 1500s 1500 1501 1502
The Penguin History of Europe is a popular book series about the history of Europe, published by Penguin Books. [1] The series includes: The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine (2011) by Simon Price and Peter Thonemann; The Inheritance of Rome: Europe 400–1000 (2010) by Chris Wickham
Pages in category "History books about Spain" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Five upcoming Spanish TV fiction projects, involving top local production and distribution companies, feature in Coming Next from Spain, a showcase of series unspooling March 19 at Series Mania.
The work is a history of Spain chiefly over the course of 2000 years, though with some consideration of earlier periods; one part of it, for instance, describes the existence of Homo antecessor (a predecessor of human beings) who has been unearthed as living in what is now Spain 800,000 years ago, as well as the discovery of Neanderthal remains in a place such as Gibraltar.