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FIRST SPANISH REPUBLIC
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Following the Hidalgo affair, Amadeus famously declared the people of Spain to be ungovernable, and fled the country. In his absence, a government of radicals and Republicans was formed that declared Spain a republic.The republic was immediately unde... |
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RELIGIOUS LITERATURE
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Introduction:The Renaissance imposes a division between the natural and the supernatural things, as opposed to the Middle Ages in which they were mixed in such form that God, the Virgin and the Saints took part in all type of worldly subjects with ap... |
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SAN JUAN DE LA CRUZ
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San Juan de la Cruz (Ávila, 1542 - 1591) was a Carmelite friar. He studied philosophy at the University of Salamanca. He cooperated with Saint Teresa of Avila in the reformation of the Carmelite order. In 1577, following his refusal to relocate after... |
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THE DICTATORSHIP OF FRwidth="130"ISCO FRwidth="130"O
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Spain remained officially neutral in World Wars I and II, but suffered through a devastating Civil War (1936-1939) . During Franco's rule, Spain remained largely economically and culturally isolated from the outside world, but began to catch up econo... |
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FRAY LUIS DE LEóN
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Fray Luis de León (Cuenca, Spain, 1527 - 1591) was a Spanish Agustinian friar. In 1561 he obtained a chair in Theology at the University of Salamanca. His major works in prose are:-The Perfect Wife. It advises all young women on the proper behavior a... |
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FIGUERES
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FIGUERES , a provincial town with a population of some thirty thousand, would pass almost unnoticed were it not for the Museu Dalí , installed by Salvador Dalí in a building as surreal as the exhibits within. It's a popular day-trip from Barcelona, t... |
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GARCILASO DE LA VEGA
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In the lyric poetry of the first half of the 16th century, the critic recognizes several parallel currents that converge in two great lines.Traditional: which perpetuates the themes and forms coming from the medieval tradition. It gathers the traditi... |
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THE GOLDEN AGE IN SPAIN
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The Spanish Golden Age was a period of flourishing arts and letters in the Spanish Empire (now Spain and the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America), coinciding with the political decline and fall of the Habsburgs (Philip III, Philip IV and Char... |
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ARACENA
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ARACENA: has sharp, clear air, all the more noticeable after Sevilla. Capital of the western end of the sierra with 10,000 inhabitants, it's a substantial but pretty town, rambling up the side of a hill topped by the Iglesia del Castillo , a Gothic-M... |
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LYRIC POETRY OF THE MIDDLE AGES
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Lyric poetry in the Middle Ages can be divided into three groups: the jarchas, the popular poems originating from folk-songs sung by commoners, and the courtly poetry of the nobles. Alfonso X el Sabio fits into the third group with his series of thre... |
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