Imagining Spain: Historical Myth and National Identity

by Henry Kamen

Book Overview

A leading historian explores the myths that define Spain's view of its own past

This book, the latest contribution by eminent historian Henry Kamen, is a unique analysis of the myths that Spaniards have held, and continue to hold, about themselves and about their collective past. Kamen discusses how perceptions of key aspects of early modern Spain, such as the monarchy, the empire, and the Inquisition, were influenced by ideologies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300191111
• ISBN13: 9780300191110
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"