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The History of Spain: Land on a Crossroad
- Narrated by: Joyce E. Salisbury
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
Spain has played a unique and essential role in Western civilization. To understand the unfolding of Spain's epic history is to come to terms with one of the West's great cultures, and to grasp its enduring presence and impact on the world stage.
In these 24 accessible lectures, Professor Salisbury presents a broad and enthralling panorama of Spanish history, covering the centuries from the first prehistoric settlement of the peninsula to Spain's 20th-century civil war.
Linking one seminal era with the next, the course begins with how early Spain drew a range of peoples from ancient Africa, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East, who formed vibrant communities on the peninsula. From there, you'll witness the rule of the peninsula by both Rome and Visigothic peoples, leading to the spellbinding drama of Islamic Spain and the Reconquista, Catholic Spain and the Inquisition, and the opening of the New World. Finally, you'll travel into the kingly dynasties and the dazzling artistic heritage of the Habsburgs and Bourbons, and you'll track Spain's emergence into the modern world.
Together with the unfolding of Spanish history, Professor Salisbury illuminates Spain's iconic cultural forms - such as flamenco music and dance, and the ritual of bullfighting - and its phenomenal contributions to art, architecture, literature, music, theology, and learning.
Across the centuries, you'll explore jewels of Spanish architecture, from the resplendent Moorish Alhambra and Alcázar of Seville to the sublime Sagrada Familia cathedral of modernist Antoni Gaudí. And you'll encounter Spain's geniuses of the visual and written arts, including such masters as the painters Velasquez, el Greco, Goya, and Picasso, and writers from the philosophers Averroes and Maimonides to literary greats Lope de Vega and Cervantes.
Travel with us to this remarkable culture, and savor the beauty and the great human drama of the history of Spain.
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- Williams Mark
- 29-04-22
Interesting and varied
I really enjoyed this series, as a regular visitor to Spain, it expanded my knowledge and understanding of the culture. I thought that more attention could have been paid to the civil war, I have the feeling that like Spaniards, the civil war is something glossed over and not really a subject for an extended discussion.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-09-23
A Great Overview of the Spain's History
Despite it's long, varied and interesting history, Spain and its cultural influence often seems neglected. There's much more to it that beach holidays, sangria and Flamenco. These series of lectures cover around five-thousand years and are delivered by an expert who appears to have a genuine love for the land and its culture.
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- Tristan Fisher
- 14-09-17
A fascinating insight into Spain
The series is a fascinating insight into Spanish history, discussing the events, the culture and the arts of Spanish history.
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- Victoria H.
- 23-04-21
Get to know Spain if you intend to live there.
An interesting Audio that has given me an understanding of Spain and it’s wonderful culture.
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- Caroline (Manchester, England)
- 16-07-20
Fabulous
Absolutely superb. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Joyce Salisbury has done Spain's history proud. Broad brush strokes and fine details.
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- cath haye
- 12-12-17
Sweep of Spanish history
Loved the content. Makes me want to learn more. Narration uneven and a bit distracting though.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-05-21
Great insight into Spain.
Loved it, its a generic overview of Spanish history but really well presented. The only criticism is that I would have liked more on the Spanish civil war. However given the amount of material and time covered, I can understand why it wasnt. Highly recommended.
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- J. Watts
- 18-04-20
one of the best Great Courses I've listened to.
The lecturer certainly knows her stuff and her enthusiasm for Spain and Spanish history is heartfelt. I had little idea that Spain's history was so eventful: from being ruled by Arabs to being rulers in South America themselves, It takes you through many interesting periods of history such as the Counter Reformation, the Enlightenment, through the Civil War right up to the reinstatement of the Monarchy and the current democracy. It left me wanting to learn more about every part of Spain's history. Fascinating.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-08-18
Good
Narrator's voice kept breaking, bit annoying
Wars and battles skipped over a bit
Overall good
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- Shahriar
- 01-10-17
Inspiring
She is as marvelous a narator as she is an author and combined you are in for a treat.
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