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required texts

Required Texts for History of Spain

Students who enroll in Institute classes are required to purchase copies of the Required Texts. All editions are inexpensive paperback editions. It is imperative for an efficient use of our of very limited class time that we all have in our hands in class the same editions with the same translations and same pagination. These editions have been very carefully chosen after years of classroom experience and will form the core of our course work.

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FALL QUARTER BOOKS

Mark Williams
The Story of Spain: The Dramatic History of Europe's Most Fascinating Country
Golden Era Books; 2nd edition (August 1, 2009)
ISBN 0970696930

Simon James
The World of the Celts
Thames & Hudson paperback (October 1, 2005)
ISBN 0500279985


WINTER QUARTER BOOKS

Raymond P. Scheindlin
The Song of the Distant Dove: Judah Halevi's Pilgrimage
Oxford University Press (2007)
ISBN 0195315421

Chris Lowney
A Vanished World: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain
Oxford University Press (2006)
ISBN 0195311914

Anonymous, Hamilton, Perry
The Poem of the Cid: Dual Language Edition
Penguin Classics (January 8, 1985)
ISBN 0140444467


SPRING QUARTER BOOKS

Christopher Columbus
The Four Voyages: Being His Own Log-Book, Letters and Dispatches with Connecting Narratives
Penguin Classic
ISBN 0140442170

Bartolomé de Las Casas
The Devastation of the Indies: A Brief Account
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 0801844304

St Teresa de Avila
The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila by Herself
Penguin Classic
ISBN 0140440739

 

Quarterly Syllabi for
The History of Spain

Fall Quarter

Mon or Wed Nights

Oct 2011-Dec 2011

WINTER QUARTER

Mon or Wed Nights

Jan 2012-March 2012

Spring Quarter

Mon or Wed Nights

April 2012-June 2012