As Charles V of Spain once arrogantly put it: “The sun never sets on my empire” in describing the vast territories and countries spread across the globe. With the colonies long gone, Spanish is still the official language of 20 countries and is spoken by more than 400 million people. ...
The translations of his work reawakened Western European interest in Aristotle and Greek thinkers, an area of study that had been widely abandoned after the fall of the Roman Empire. His thoughts generated controversies in Latin Christendom and triggered a philosophical movement called Averroism based...
19 In his conclusion to the whole essay, Vitoria wrote, ‘Look at the Portuguese, who carry on a great and prof itable trade with similar sorts of peoples without conquering them.’20Their maritime (trading as opposed to territorial) empire offered an alternative model, one in which tribute...
As a soldier Bolivar displayed not only great implacability but also immense powers of endurance; he was there at the beginning of the war of independence, and fifteen years later, in 1824, when the last Spanish viceroy surrendered, he was still in command. His aide and chronicler, General ...
英语翻译The defeat of the Spanish Armada has to be considered one of the most cost-effective in military history:a second-rate power that barely maintained a standing army was able to face down the greatest empire of its time.
Written at a time when France had been convincing itself that the empire was critical to hold on to, it is powerful work full of cynicism that both questions the social and political dimensions of the colonial project. Much like The Lover, the central focus of the The Sea Wall is a ...
5b, c graph the same relationship for the ten provinces that produced the greatest amount of palay at each timepoint. Figure 5c excludes Pangasinan at all timepoints due to its abnormally high production in 1918. The figures indicate all provinces, excepting Pangasinan, exhibited a strong, ...
The Spanish people loved their Inquisition. That is why it lasted for so long. It stood guard against error and heresy, protecting the faith of Spain and ensuring the favor of God. But the world was changing. In time, Spain’s empire faded away. Wealth and power shifted to the north, ...
Thousands of kilometers of new borders emerged, as the Treaty of Versailles and the breakdown of the Habsburg Empire created new states especially in Central and Eastern Europe. While many of the direct interventions in national and international markets were – except for Germany—dismantled soon ...
On the Nature of Empire(check it out here). Together, it has made little time for reflection. Alas, this isthe life of a farmer. When the season to work comes over us, we work day and night, knowing a season of rest waits.