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Islamic History in Spain

independent from Arab roots, thus making Spain a Muslim country, but without the interference of Muslim rule from afar (Spain, 199...

Spanish Connection Between George Orwell and Ernest Hemingway

much of his writings, including The Sun Also Rises and For Whom the Bell Tolls. Orwell, a self-described socialist, was al...

Early West and Settlers from Mexico and Spain

Perhaps the most eye-opening and interesting aspects of the history of the western states, California in particular, is the fact t...

Spanish and Franco American Speakers Compared

such a degree in states like California, Texas, and Florida that the people angered, frustrated, feeling threatened, and thus enga...

Effects of the US Progressive Era

include: The Homestead Act, National Urban League, direct election of U.S. Senators, child labor laws, and federal regulation of b...

Political Influences on Salvador Dali

that such madness was a construct for the specific purpose of interpreting the world in artistic terms. Dalis political views, how...

Nude Paintings of Peter Paul Rubens

so intricately painted with many hues, becomes iridescent, as if vibrating at so high a frequency it is crossing the bounds into s...

Peter Paul Rubens' Nudes Paintings

(Hombros Que se inclinan, 2003). Otro autor indica de que los?Rubens hacen a su var?n y las figuras encarnaciones virtuales de ...

Freedom and Culture

so evident in official circles before. Individuals adopted rules and standards of behavior designed to serve "appearances." Youn...

The Spanish-American War and Its Aftermath

the Spanish-American War, which was publicly motivated by American sentiment to free Cuba from Spanish rule, sentiment grew in the...

Spanish Conquest and Sugar Cane

was shaped by the vagaries of the international sugar market. Spains ultimate goal in the Spanish Conquest, of course, wa...

August 2003 Daniel Bolshoy and Julie Nesrallah Concert Report

in guitar at the Indiana University School of Music where he has developed a course on the history of the guitar (DB&JN). Bolshoy ...

Augusto Pinochet III

the legislature and the judicial system as well as the government (Bindman, 1989). When general Pinochet entered England in Octob...

Comparison of Juan Cortes de Tolosa's El Lazarillo de Manzanares and Miguel de Cervantes' El Lazarillo de Tormes

cultivated veneer that the monarchy and the church did not want the general public to see. These works, which also incorporated f...

Warfare of Early America and Technology

suited to fast action and hand-to-hand combat. The jineta saddle has short stirrups that cause the rider to bend his knees, allow...

Tiempo de Silencio by Luis Martin Santos and La Colmena by Camilo J. Cela

discover hidden truth in the world, he can aim to create his own different world in whatever terms he wishes through the medium of...

Pedringano in The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd

Marshal of Spain. Lorenzo and Horatio captured Balthazar, the son of the Viceroy of Portugal, during battle. The King of Spain has...

U.S. and Having as its Official Language Spanish

as an official language than in taking on English as an official language. Interestingly enough, "One of six official languages...

US and the Significance of Being Able to Speak Spanish

right. There is in fact a heated debate between those who think that the United States is losing its culture by becoming bilingual...

Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote and Social Criticism

this political cruelty that is shown nearly crushing his characters in every novel has the danger of becoming common place, and th...

Impact of Islam on the Pre Crusades Christian Islam

conception of the medieval period is that the Catholic Church was a lone beacon of light, preserving ancient knowledge until such ...

Analyzing An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen

In all honesty, Dr. Stockmann fails to think outside his scientific reasoning. He is, in a sense, blind to those who do not believ...

Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

the Holy Roman Emperor from 1519-1558. He was born to King Philip I of Castile in February 1500 and although he was born in Ghent,...

Philippines and Spanish Colonial Rule

soil (History of the Philippines, 2002). On the island of Cebu, Magellan erected a cross and claimed it as a territory of Charles...

The Artistry of Antonio Gaudi

fantastic and organic readily applied to this particular structure, one can clearly understand why Gaudis avant-garde style earned...

Latin America and Marriage Ceremonial Changes Before and After the Catholic Church Introduction

the wives would remain with their own family. After the Church organized the marriage, couples were encouraged to set up their own...

Spanish Conquest and The Sword and the Cross

that chief Montezuma welcomed them with open arms, welcomed them as gods. Cortes accepted the accolades, the gold, the fine clothe...

Peru's Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest by Steven Stern

resources against possible intrusions by other groups (Stern 22). Therefore, economic decline or improvement became intrinsically ...

Murillo and Velazquez Spanish Painters

what are called knickers today, and a dark cape that is full and is approximately the same length as the abbreviated pants. As ...

Spanish Language as Cultural Expression

in a particular cultural and language community-that is, language allows us to be able to communicate in a culturally appropriate ...