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Ivan the Terrible

By: Isabel de Madariaga

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Ivan IV, 'the Terrible' (1533-1584), is one of the key figures in Russian history, yet he has remained among the most neglected. Notorious for pioneering a policy of unrestrained terror—and for killing his own son—he has been credited with establishing autocracy in Russia. This is the first attempt to write a biography of Ivan from birth to death, to study his policies, his marriages, his atrocities, and his disordered personality, and to link them as a coherent whole. Isabel de Madariaga situates Ivan within the background of Russian political developments in the sixteenth century. And, with revealing comparisons with English, Spanish, and other European courts, she sets him within the international context of his time. The biography includes a new account of the role of astrology and magic at Ivan's court and provides fresh insights into his foreign policy. Facing up to problems of authenticity (much of Ivan's archive was destroyed by fire in 1626) and controversies which have paralyzed western scholarship, de Madariaga seeks to present Russia as viewed from the Kremlin rather than from abroad and to comprehend the full tragedy of Ivan's reign.

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Yale University Press

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0300119739

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9780300119732

Catherine the Great

A Short History

By: Isabel de Madariaga

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Catherine the Great

A Short History

By: Isabel de Madariaga

There is no shortage of biographies of Catherine the Great, of varying quality and degrees of sensationalism. But there exists no brief account of her reign that incorporates the extensive research findings of the last twenty years and presents them accessibly, accurately, and concisely to the student and the general reader. Following her magisterial Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great, Isabel de Madariaga has written the most informative, balanced and up-to-date short study of this spectacular period in Russian history. De Madariaga establishes an authoritative account of the events of Catherine's life, disentangling the myth from the verifiable reality. But her principal aim is to provide an account of the achievements of the thirty-four-year reign. Well-read and intelligent, Catherine presided over a fundamental reorganization of central and local government, of financial administration, of law, and of literary and cultural life. De Madariaga tracks the changes and explains the reforms, placing them in the context of eighteenth-century Europe and the ideas of the Enlightenment and of the French Revolution. Chapters on the wars against the Turkish empire, the annexation of the Crimea in 1783, and the partition of Poland demonstrate Catherine's part in building Russia into a formidable European power. The text is distinguished throughout by the attention paid to historical controversies over the interpretation of Catherine's policies and to teh historiography on the period in general. Praised by French writers of her day and attacked by later historians for her neglect of the welfare of the serfs, Catherine's achievements are now measured against the difficulties she met. The book points to the problems Catherine faced, the human and material resources on which she could draw, and the intellectual climate in which she operated. De Madariaga considers past and present assessments of Catherine and consolidates balanced judgments, profound understanding, and exhaustive reserach into a highly assimilable form.

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Yale University Press

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030017344X

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9780300173444

Politics and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Russia

Collected Essays by Isabel de Madariaga

By: Isabel De Madariaga

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Politics and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Russia

Collected Essays by Isabel de Madariaga

By: Isabel De Madariaga

This is a collection of thirteen major essays on eighteenth-century Russia by one of the most distinguished Western historians. They illustrate and explore three major themes: the development of the Russian state and Russian society, in the years when Russia was changing from a minor power on the European periphery to a major actor on the continental stage; the influence of western ideas and western thought on Russian politics and culture; and the impact of the Enlightenment on Russia. This is a substantial contribution not just to the history of Russia, but to early modern Europe generally.

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Routledge

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1317881907

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9781317881902

Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great

By: Isabel de Madariaga

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Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great

By: Isabel de Madariaga

In this book, Isabel de Madariaga uses a broad range of Western and Soviet Scholarship to give an account of Catherine's own role in the forward march of Russia during the 18th century.

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0300028431

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9780300028430

Politics and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Russia

Collected Essays by Isabel de Madariaga

By: Isabel De Madariaga

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Politics and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Russia

Collected Essays by Isabel de Madariaga

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Democrazy in Spain: Cinema and New Forms of Social Life (1968-2008)

By: Isabel M. Estrada

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Democrazy in Spain: Cinema and New Forms of Social Life (1968-2008)

By: Isabel M. Estrada

An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library as part of the Opening the Future project with COPIM. The 2008 financial crisis prompted the most significant social protests since 1968 in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. These protests generated not only social reform but also collaborative and affective affiliations, often seen through artistic and cultural materials. Taking Spain as a focal point, this book examines film production at both points in time, showing how it emerges from simultaneously divergent and comparable economic and political milieux. The book aims to recognize and celebrate the political responsibility exercised and expressed by a new generation of Spaniards deeply immersed in those protests. Through the convergences of two markedly significant periods in two separate centuries, filmmakers expose the deficiencies of Spain’s democracy in 2008—the D€MOCRAZY in the title, a slogan seen on a banner carried by the protesters—while creating a new sensibility and forms of social life that bring back the notions of community and the common good that had been forgotten in the midst of such a brittle environment.

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Liverpool University Press

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1835536913

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9781835536919

Ivan the Terrible

By: Isabel de Madariaga

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By: Isabel de Madariaga

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Yale University Press

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Catherine the Great

A Short History

By: Isabel de Madariaga

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A Short History

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A Bicultural Heritage

Themes for the Exploration of Mexican and Mexican-American Culture in Books for Children and Adolescents

By: Isabel Schon

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A Bicultural Heritage

Themes for the Exploration of Mexican and Mexican-American Culture in Books for Children and Adolescents

By: Isabel Schon

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Scarecrow Press

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0810811286

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9780810811287

Books in Spanish for Children and Young Adults

An Annotated Guide. Series IV

By: Isabel Schon

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Books in Spanish for Children and Young Adults

An Annotated Guide. Series IV

By: Isabel Schon

Like its predecessors, this book serves as a guide to any adult interested in selecting books in Spanish for children in preschool through high school. Most of the books included in the guide have been published since 1984 and come from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, the U.S., Uruguay, and Venezuela. The author has identified books that highlight the lifestyle, folklore, history, fiction, poetry, theater, and classical literature of Hispanic cultures as expressed by Hispanic authors and has also included nonfiction and bilingual books and Spanish translations of popular fiction and nonfiction. With appendices and indexes.

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326

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0810820048

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9780810820043

Book's by Isabel de Madariaga

Ivan the Terrible

Ivan the Terrible

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great

Politics and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Russia

Politics and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Russia

Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great

Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great

Politics and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Russia

Politics and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Russia

Democrazy in Spain: Cinema and New Forms of Social Life (1968-2008)

Democrazy in Spain: Cinema and New Forms of Social Life (1968-2008)

Ivan the Terrible

Ivan the Terrible

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great

A Bicultural Heritage

A Bicultural Heritage

Books in Spanish for Children and Young Adults

Books in Spanish for Children and Young Adults

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