Brief history of Spain. Black J.

The brief history of Spain from the early settlements, the rule of Rome and the Arab conquest of the Pyrenee peninsula to the revival of Spain in the 17th century, the war on the peninsula and the revolution in Spanish America, the catastrophic war and the totalitarian regime of Franco, the Second World War and further, to this day. Closing the main milestones, including the Christian reconquist, the colonies of Columbus, the colonization of Cuba, the Philippines and Puerto Rico, the Habsburg board and the centralization were carried out by the Bourbons, affecting the topics of the influence of the Great French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, the fall of the monarchy in the 1930s and many others, Jeremy Black pays close attention of the originality of the regions of Spain, gives forecasts for the future, and also characterizes the vectors of the cultural development and global influence of Spain in literature, visual arts, music and other areas.

“There is a tendency to consider Spain as part of a simplified, uniform picture of European and world history - this is especially true for the period of the Civil War. Often there are parallels and references, for example, a reconquist is compared with the Crusades, and the war for the independence of America - with Latin American wars. It is important in each case not only to study the specific circumstances and the course of events, but also to consider them within the framework of a longer segment of Spanish history. ” (Jeremy Black)