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“francisco serrano”

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  • The Friars and their Influence in Medieval Spain

    Edited by Francisco Garcia-Serrano ...
    The mendicant friars, especially the Dominicans and the Franciscans, made an enormous impact in thirteenth-century Spain influencing almost every aspect of society. In a revolutionary break from the Church’s past, these religious orders were deeply involved in earthly matters while preaching the Gospel to the laity and producing many of the greatest scholars of the time. Furthermore, the friars ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

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  • Neighboring Faiths

    Christianity, Islam, and Judaism in the Middle Ages and Today

    by David Nirenberg ...
    Essays on how Jews, Muslims, and Christians have coexisted—or not—over the centuries, from "a particularly incisive and trustworthy historian of religion" ( Commonweal).Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are usually treated as autonomous religions, but in fact across the long course of their histories the three religions have developed in interaction with one another. In Neighboring Faiths, David ... Read more

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  • The Great Reformer

    Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope

    by Austen Ivereigh ...
    A biography exploring the making of a revolutionary leader who used his position's power to challenge and redirect the world's largest Christian church.A Philadelphia Inquirer Best Book of the Year"Consider this book the cornerstone of any collection on Pope Francis and twenty-first-century Christianity." — Booklist (starred review)... ... Read more

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  • Pope Francis in His Own Words

    Edited by Julie Schwietert Collazo, Lisa Rogak ...
    The moment the identity of the newly elected 266th pontiff was revealed, it was clear to the thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square, and to the watching world, that this pope was different in fascinating and exciting ways — the first from Latin America, the first Jesuit, and the first to take the name Francis, in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. When Pope Francis, formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario ... Read more

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  • Pope Francis: Life and Revolution

    A Biography of Jorge Bergoglio

    by Elisabetta Piqué ...
    In Italy, they call him il Papa, which means “The Father.” Until his unprecedented election, author and friend Elisabetta Piqué called him Padre Jorge. He may have changed his name to become Pope Francis, but it did not change their friendship.Since Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis in 2013, countless books have been written to help the world understand this deeply complex yet simple ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • The Wise King

    A Christian Prince, Muslim Spain, and the Birth of the Renaissance

    by Simon R. Doubleday ...
    An illuminating biography of Alfonso X, the 13th-century philosopher-king whose affinity for Islamic culture left an indelible mark on Western civilization"If I had been present at the Creation," the thirteenth-century Spanish philosopher-king Alfonso X is said to have stated, "Many faults in the universe would have been avoided." Known as El Sabio, "the Wise," Alfonso was renowned by friends and ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Spanish Inquisition

    A Historical Revision, Fourth Edition

    by Henry Kamen ...
    In this completely updated edition of Henry Kamen’s classic survey of the Spanish Inquisition, the author incorporates the latest research in multiple languages to offer a new—and thought-provoking—view of this fascinating period. Kamen sets the notorious Christian tribunal into the broader context of Islamic and Jewish culture in the Mediterranean, reassesses its consequences for Jewish culture, ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain

    by Joseph F. O'Callaghan ...
    Series series The Middle Ages Series
    Drawing from both Christian and Islamic sources, Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain demonstrates that the clash of arms between Christians and Muslims in the Iberian peninsula that began in the early eighth century was transformed into a crusade by the papacy during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Successive popes accorded to Christian warriors willing to participate in the peninsular ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • The Inquisition in New Spain, 1536–1820

    A Documentary History

    Edited by John F. Chuchiak IV ...
    The Inquisition! Just the word itself evokes, to the modern reader, endless images of torment, violence, corruption, and intolerance committed in the name of Catholic orthodoxy and societal conformity. But what do most people actually know about the Inquisition, its ministers, its procedures? This systematic, comprehensive look at one of the most important Inquisition tribunals in the New World ... Read more

    $33.59 USD

  • Spain, 1157-1300

    A Partible Inheritance

    by Peter Linehan ...
    Series Book 12 - A History of Spain
    Spain, 1157-1300 makes use of a vast body of primary and secondary source material to provide a balanced overview of a crucial period of Spanish as well as of European history.Examines the most significant phase of Spanish mainland developmentConsiders the profound intellectual consequences of Christian advances into Islamic SpainExplores the varying fortunes of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon, ... Read more

    $38.00 USD

  • Religious Authority in the Spanish Renaissance

    by Lu Ann Homza ...
    Series Book 118 - The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science
    This in-depth study of religious tensions in early modern Spain offers a new and enlightening perspective on the era of the Inquisition.Traditionally, the Spanish Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries has been framed as an epic battle of opposites. The followers of Erasmus were in constant discord with conservative Catholics while the humanists were diametrically opposed to the scholastics. ... Read more

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  • Caliphs and Kings

    Spain, 796-1031

    by Roger Collins ...
    Series Book 16 - A History of Spain
    CALIPHS AND KINGS:  SPAIN, 796-1031The last twenty-five years have seen a renaissance of research and writing on Spanish history. Caliphs and Kings offers a formidable synthesis of existing knowledge as well as an investigation into new historical thinking, perspectives, and methods.The nearly three-hundred-year rule of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain (756-1031) has been hailed by many as an era of ... Read more

    $36.00 USD