Supersession is a familiar concept in the history of the rise of Christianity at the expense of the Jews, who found themselves displaced as the People of the Covenant. The history of Spain is also ...one of supersession accomplished not entirely by means of eradication of the former regime or faith but in addition by taking on the mantle of cultural and religious dominance and essentially inhabiting the space of power and privilege previously occupied by others. As an adjunct to empire, Spaniards adopted the idea that they were God's real chosen people, not just by expelling the Jews from the peninsula but by taking upon themselves markers of special status traditionally used by Jews; even the term "gentiles" was appropriated to refer to non-Spaniards. Thus, at the same time that Jews were exiled from Spain and conversos were actively persecuted, figures from the Hebrew Bible continued to be exalted in Spanish literature. Tirso's La mejor espigadera is a useful case study, not only because it presents the story of one of the righteous women of the Bible, but how a non-Jewish figure can rise to become not just revered by the Israelites but an ancestor of King David and, eventually, Jesus Christ. If we then expand the focus of the notion of supersession to the theatrical genre of the comedia itself, we see how the playwrights, especially as documented in Lope's "Arte nuevo," consciously set out to establish the new comedia nueva as the model destined to supersede Aristotelian precepts of what constitutes a proper play.
Die "Schriften des Historischen Kollegs" werden herausgegeben vom jeweiligen Vorsitzenden des Kuratoriums des Historischen Kollegs: bis 2011 von Herrn Professor Dr. Lothar Gall, von 2012 bis Oktober ...2017 durch Herrn Professor Dr. Andreas Wirsching, ab Oktober 2017 durch Herrn Professor Dr. Martin Schulze Wessel in Verbindung mit Georg Brun, Thomas O. Höllmann, Hartmut Leppin, Susanne Lepsius, Bernhard Löffler, Frank Rexroth, Willibald Steinmetz und Gerrit Walther. Zum Historischen Kolleg: http://www.historischeskolleg.de/
A Foot in the Past analyses how footwear was consumed, retailed and produced in the eighteenth century. How many shoes were consumed? Who wore them? And what did the wearing of shoes mean in a ...society where part of the population walked barefoot? The book replies to such questions by showing how the increasing availability of boots, shoes and slippers in the eighteenth century was matched by profound changes in the way footwear was sold by shoe sellers and purchased by customers. By the mid-eighteenth century large shops provided a wide array of types, sizes and shapes of footwear from high-class lustrous boots to cheap shoes with nailed soles. Shoemaking, however, remained during the eighteenth and for most of the nineteenth century one of the most 'traditional' sectors of British and continental economies. The fact that mechanization and industrialization affected boot and shoemaking only after 1850 is not exceptional. The production of most consumer goods remained dominated by small-scale urban manufacturing in which the application of machinery played little part in either increasing productivity or changing the shape and quality of products. This book argues that the social and economic practices in the consumption of footwear are fundamental for understanding how such garments were produced and sold. Rather than embracing a vision of economic development based on mechanization and industrialization, this book investigates how social and cultural contexts for consumption shaped the way in which consumers' needs were satisfied. These lines of enquiry are developed through a comparative analysis of British and French histories based upon primary and secondary sources and a wide-ranging survey of the literature on dress and fashion in the eighteenth century. Volumes 1 to 13 in Pasold Studies in Textile History series may be ordered from www.maney.co.uk
The immensely rich archives emerging from the parochial administration of the English poor law before 1834 include letters to the overseers of the poor that came from the poor themselves. As personal ...testimonies of people claiming relief, which are often written in a stunningly 'private' tone, pauper letters allow deep insights into the living conditions, experiences and attitudes of the labouring poor in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Some 750 of these pauper letters, all those presently known to survive in the county of Essex, are contained in this volume. The historical apparatus draws on material from other sources (overseers' correspondence, overseers' accounts and vestry minutes), to put the letters in context. The documents reveal the strong belief of the poor in their right to relief, and their surprisingly powerful position in negotiating their case with the overseers. The Introduction demonstrates the immense importance of this largely neglected source - both for the social historian and for the comparative study of literacy.
Urban Politics in Early Modern Europe is an important survey of the complex relationships between urban politics and regional and national politics in Europe from 1500 to 1789. In an era when the ...national state was far less developed than today, crucial decisions about economic, religious and social policy were often settled at the municipal level. Cities were frequently the scenes of sudden tensions or bitter conflicts between ordinary citizens and the urban elite, and the threat of civic unrest often underlay the political dynamics of early modern cities. With vivid descriptions of events in cities in central Europe, England, France, Italy and Spain, this book outlines the forms of political interaction in the early modern city. Urban Politics in Early Modern Europe takes a fascinating comparative approach to the nature of conflict and conflict resolution in early modern communities throughout Europe.
'Clear, stimulating and full of good things despite its short length: I particularly liked the balance between generalisations and specific examples. It deserves to become a standard work.' - Prof David M. Palliser
An introduction to the entire history of British involvement with slavery and the slave trade, with an especial focus on the two centuries from 1650, and covering the Atlantic world, especially North ...America and the West Indies, as well as the Cape Colony, Mauritius, and India.
