Offers a nuanced account of the evangelization in the Americas of the sixteenth century
Explores the impact the discovery of the New World had upon Europeans' perceptions of their identity and place in history
The story of the life and untimely death of a persecuted priest in colonial Peru and the controversy over mysterious, recently discovered documents about him
Illuminates the career and method of one of thirteenth-century Spain's most important religious, military, and political figures
The lives of Toledan Jewish families are traced from the time of the Inquisition through seventeenth-century Spain
Portrays the power struggles among medieval rulers, sacred and profane
Spanish national character imposed and exposed