Rereading the Black Legend: The Discourses of Religious and Racial Difference in the Renaissance Empires

Rereading the Black Legend Quilligan Maureen Wydawca: The University of Chicago Press Data wydania: 2007 ISBN: 9780226307220 Liczba stron: 448 Format: 153 x 226 x 26 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: The phrase the Black Legend was coined in 1912 by a Spanish journalist in protest of the characterization of Spain by other Europeans as a backward country. Challenging this stereotype, this book contextualizes Spain s tarnished reputation by exposing colonial efforts of other nations whose interests were served by propagating the Black Legend.