This book traces and analyses the relationship between Britain and
Spain in its various forms since 1489. So often viewed as
antagonistic rivals in history, the two countries are here compared
and contrasted in order to shed light on their international
connection and how this has evolved over time. Mark Lawrence
reflects on the similarities of their composite monarchies, their
roles as successive projectors of European global power, and the
common fondness for peculiarly patriotic expressions of
Christianity through the ages. At the same time, Lawrence is alert
to recognising other ways in which Britain and Spain have seemed
worlds apart in their respective corners of the European continent.
He examines how British Protestants excoriated Spain in a ‘Black
Legend’, while Catholic propagandists dismissed rising English
power as the work of pirates and heretics during the early modern
period. In a series of chronological chapters rich with a diverse
range of sources, Anglo-Hispania beyond the Black Legend considers
the cultural exchanges which flourished amidst the growth of travel
and new ideas in the 18th century, the surprising alliances of the
19th century and the shared international causes of the 20th.
Whereas Spaniards feared or admired Britain for its successful
political and fiscal system, the book convincingly argues, Britons
romanticised Iberia for its supposed failures. It ultimately
concludes that British campaigns in the 1700s and 1800s established
a Romantic Spain in memoir culture which the 20th century gradually
dissolved in the ideological cauldron of the 1930s and the advent
of mass tourism.
General
Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Authors: |
Mark Lawrence
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-36622-0 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-350-36622-6 |
Barcode: |
9781350366220 |
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