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Spain
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) 
 Established by the Veterans of the Brigade (VALB), this handsome and well maintained site is "devoted to the preservation and dissemination of the history of the North American role in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and its aftermath." As much for the casual browser as the professional historian, ALBA provides images from traveling exhibits, suggested reading, a discussion group, and information about the organization's extensive archives at Brandeis University. They also produce a high school curriculum, which can be downloaded, and an annual essay contest. http://www.alba-valb.org/ Topics: Communities & Groups, History By Place, Military, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Aug 23, 2002 Call to Arms: Communist Ephemera of Madrid During the Spanish Civil War
"This exhibit focuses on the printed ephemera of the Partido Comunista de España (PCE) and affiliated groups produced in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. Throughout the conflict, the PCE emerged as one of the prominent organs of propaganda in Madrid." Features images and translations of handbills and posters on topics such as mobilization, unity, and morale. Also includes a brief bibliography. From the Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California, San Diego. http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/calltoarms/ Topics: History By Place, Political Parties & Theories, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Sep 13, 2006 The European Voyages of Exploration: The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
This multimedia tutorial focuses on Spain and Portugal's explorations and conquests in Asia, Africa, the Atlantic, the Caribbean, and the Americas. The economic, political, and cultural circumstances that contributed to exploration, short histories of the two countries, maps, discussions of collateral issues (e.g., slavery, navigation, religion), and an article about Columbus are included. Produced by The Applied History Research Group at the University of Calgary. http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/ Topics: Black Resources, History, History By Place, Labor Last updated Jul 5, 2004 The Galileo Project
This site looks at the life and works of Galileo Galilei, mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. Features a biography, including patrons, theories, and inventions; timelines; portraits of Galileo and other scientists; brief biographies of his contemporaries; figures in the Catholic Church that played a role in the Inquisition; a glossary, bibliography, maps, lesson plans, and related links. Searchable. From Rice University, Houston, Texas. http://galileo.rice.edu/ Topics: Christianity, History By Place, Lesson Plans, Mathematics, Notable People, Physics Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Guernica: Testimony of War
Devoted to Pablo Picasso's Guernica , commissioned for the Spanish Pavillion of the 1937 World's Fair. Includes a timeline, and information on the Spanish Civil War, Franco, and the bombing of Guernica, Spain. Also explores the symbolism and artistic process behind the creation of the mural. From the PBS site Treasures of the World . http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/a_nav/guernica_nav/main_guerfrm.html Topics: Art by Region, History By Place, Schools of Art, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Feb 20, 2003 LIBRO: The Library of Iberian Resources Online
This site presents the full text of recent but out-of-print university press monographs, published in English, that discuss the history, peoples, and nations of the Iberian peninsula. Searchable and browsable. A joint project of the American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain and the University of Central Arkansas. http://libro.uca.edu/ Topics: History By Place, Literature & Books Last updated Jun 26, 2005 Links to the Inquisition
An annotated collection of links on the medieval repression of heresy, including material on the infamous Spanish Inquisition. A timeline is included. From the Department of Special Collections at the University of Notre Dame. http://www.rarebooks.nd.edu/exhibits/inquisition/text/links.html Topics: Christianity, History By Place Last updated Mar 3, 2004 Madrid Train Attacks
News and analysis about the 10 bombs that exploded on four trains in three stations in Madrid during rush hour on March 11, 2004. Features a timeline, map, eyewitness accounts, and a video. Also provides links to related stories, including information about al-Qaida and the Euskadi Ta Azkatasuna (Eta) party, "whose name stands for Basque Homeland and Freedom." From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/europe/2004/madrid_train_attacks/default.stm Topics: History By Place, September 11 & Beyond, Terrorism Last updated Sep 29, 2009 Pamplona: No Bull
Article about the fiesta of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain, "which mixes a saint who may not have existed, an audacious American writer attracted to danger [Ernest Hemingway], and six wild bulls charging down the main street, [and which] may be the most famous and most misunderstood public party in the world." Also includes photos and an interview with the author of this article who wrote a book on the subject. From Smithsonian Magazine. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/10022211.html Topics: History By Place, Holidays and Observances Individually, Holidays by Region Last updated Nov 30, 2007 PhiloBiblon
This site is "a project to construct a bio-bibliographical database of early texts produced in the Iberian Peninsula." It catalogs "the primary sources, both manuscript and printed." Search three separate bibliographies for texts in Spanish, Portuguese or Galician, and Catalan. (As of May 2009, files for supplemental material were not available.) From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/PhiloBiblon/phhm.html Topics: History By Place Last updated May 11, 2009 The Roman Curia: Congregations: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Information from the Vatican about this group "founded in 1542 by Pope Paul III ... [which] was originally called the Sacred Congregation of the Universal Inquisition as its duty was to defend the Church from heresy. It is the oldest of the Curia's nine congregations." Includes a brief profile, doctrinal and disciplinary documents, and related material, some of which are by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI). Many of the documents are available in several languages (some not in English). http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/ Topics: Christianity, History By Place Last updated May 18, 2005 Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier: Historias Paralelas
Reflecting the different perspectives of Spain and the United States, this site contains material which documents the history of Spanish expansion in North America through the South, the Southwest, and north to Alaska. Digital collections of texts, manuscripts, letters, maps, prints, photographs, films, and early edition books can be viewed online. Available in English and Spanish, the site is a collaboration of the Library of Congress and The National Library of Spain. http://international.loc.gov/intldl/eshtml/ Topics: Geography, History, History By Place, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Feb 12, 2003 They Still Draw Pictures: Drawings Made by Spanish Children During the Spanish Civil War, circa 1938
"A collection of over 600 drawings made during the Spanish Civil War by Spanish school children, both in Spain and in refugee centers in France, rendered in pencil, crayon, ink, and watercolor." Features digital reproduction of the book with the same title (including the original introduction by Aldous Huxley). From the Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California, San Diego. http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/tsdp/ Topics: Art by Region, Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, History By Place, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Aug 23, 2003 The Visual Front: Posters of the Spanish Civil War
Over 40 propaganda posters from the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), representing the Republican Spain point of view. Includes introductory essay, chronology of the war, and bibliography. From the Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California, San Diego. http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/visfront/ Topics: Communications, History By Place, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Aug 23, 2003 |
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