Table of Contents

The pride and ornament of the world, prehistory to AD 1000; the ascendancy of Christian Iberia, AD 1000-1474; the universal monarchy, 1474-1700; the enlightened despots, 1700-1833; liberalism and reaction, 1833-1931; the modern era, 1931-2000.

Promotional Information

Simon Barton is the author of "The Aristocracy in Twelfth-Century Leon and Castile" (1997), which was awarded the Premio del Rey Prize for 1998 by the American Historical Association.

Reviews

'A broad-based account of Spain's history to the present.' - "History Today" 'Elegantly concise treatment - promises to become "the" history of Spain for a generation.' - Anthony Lappin, University of Manchester
'...this could well be the definitive one-volume History of Spain.' - Roger Wright, Hispanic Research Journal
'...we would have to search far and wide for a better resource than this.' - Adrian Wright, Anglo-Spanish Society Quarterly Review