Esta es una narración de santos y pecadores. O, mejor dicho, un relato en el que nos encontraremos con santos que son pecadores y pecadores que pueden llegar a ser santos. Una síntesis de la historia de la Iglesia en España desde la época romana —con sus martirios y apostasías— hasta los retos del siglo XXI. Este libro, alejado de estereotipos y prejuicios, no trata solo de la historia de la institución, aunque el rol de obispos, sacerdotes y religiosos haya sido fundamental. El peso de lo político, así como el conocimiento de los ritos y devociones, recorre de forma constante estas páginas. Sea cual sea nuestra opinión sobre este proceso, no es posible entender la historia española sin la influencia del catolicismo en su vida social, política, cultural y económica. Joseba Louzao logra condensar e iluminar un pasado que, seamos católicos o no, también es el nuestro. Joseba Louzao (Bilbao, 1983) es profesor titular en el Centro Universitario Cardenal Cisneros (Universidad de Alcalá). Especialista en la historia religiosa contemporánea, es autor de diferentes artículos académicos y de los libros Soldados de la fe o amantes del progreso: catolicismo y modernidad en Vizcaya (1890-1923), Vicente Enrique y Tarancón. La consecuencia del Evangelio o La guerra civil española para dummies.

A fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Battle of Arnhem To mark the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War's outbreak, Antony Beevor has written a completely updated and revised account of one of the most bitter and hard-fought wars of the twentieth century. With new material gleaned from the Russian archives and numerous other sources, this brisk and accessible book (Spain's #1 bestseller for twelve weeks), provides a balanced and penetrating perspective, explaining the tensions that led to this terrible overture to World War II and affording new insights into the war-its causes, course, and consequences.

This authoritative collection offers a detailed overview of religious ideas, structures, and institutions in the making of Europe. Written by leading scholars in the field, it demonstrates the enduring presence of lived and institutionalised religion in the social networks of identity, policy, and power over two millennia of European history.

Rethinking Catholicism in Renaissance Spain claims that theology and canon law were decisive for shaping ideas, debates, and decisions about key political and religious problems in Renaissance Spain. This book studies Catholic thought during the Spanish Renaissance, with the various contributors specifically exploring the ecclesiology and heresiology of the period. Today, these two subjects are considered to be strictly branches of theology, but at the time, they were also dealt with in the field of canon law. Both ecclesiology, which studied the internal structure of the Church, and heresiology, which identified theological errors, played an important role in shaping ideas, debates, and decisions concerning the major political and religious problems of the late medieval and early modern periods. In contrast to the conventional monolithic view of Spanish Catholic thought on ecclesiastical matters, the chapters in this book demonstrate that there was a wide spectrum of ideas in the field of theology and canon law. The topics analyzed include Church and Crown relations, diplomatic controversies, doctrinal debates on slavery, ecclesiological disputes in dialogue with the Council of Trent, and theories for distinguishing heresies and repressing them. This book will be essential reading for those interested in disciplines such as Church history, political history, and the history of political and legal thought.

Colin Winston traces the Libres' emergence following the collapse of Catholic syndicalism in Catalonia and shows how, in the period up to the Civil War, they moved from radical Carlism to a form of proletarian fascism. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.