3 mafi kyawun littattafai na Henry Kamen

Akwai ranakun ban mamaki don yin aiki a matsayin babban ɗan Hispanicist. Kuma duk da wannan, mutane suna so Paul preston, Ina Gibson o Henry kamen sun dage kan ci gaba da mai da hankali kan labarin da, in da don wasu wasiyyoyin da aka dora akan karya, almara bakar fata ko maslaha ta kabilanci, zai kawo karshen tarwatsawa gaba daya.

Amma gaskiya koyaushe tana wucewa. Domin bayan labarai masu sha’awa, sauƙaƙan buƙatun ɗakin kwana mai ɗorewa, da ruhohin ɗumi -ɗumi a gaban almara na zazzabi na mafi yawan masu ɓarna, babu abin da ya wuce abin da ya faru duk da duka.

A cikin hali na Ina Gibson, sha’awarsa ga al’adun Mutanen Espanya da labaru sun fi mai da hankali kan adabi, a kan zane -zane, a kan wannan jimlar tarihin da ke kunshe da babban zanen abin da Spain take. Paul preston yana ci gaba da tafiya cikin tarihin kwanan nan, tare da madaidaiciya kuma koyaushe yana mai da hankali kan Yaƙin Basasa. Menene Henry kamen yana zama masanin tarihi na yaki da yaudara. Cike da tsauri da rubuce-rubucen sa, Kamen yana lalata ruɗi da ruɗi na masu son abin banza.

Manyan Littattafan Nasiha 3 Daga Henry Kamen

Spain da Catalonia

Yawan tafiya, hau sosai. Bayan ƙasan ƙasa, masu akida daga sabbin ƙasashe da sauran su, masu iya watsa ra'ayin cewa Catalonia tsibirin Barataria ne da aka yi wa Sancho alkawari (kamar sabbin quixotes (don yin abubuwa mafi muni ga Hispanicity), tabbas kawai shine cewa makomar yankin na Catalonia tare da sauran mutanen tsibirin a ƙarshe sun haɗu ƙarƙashin ra'ayin Spain, ita ce kawai shaida.

A cikin wannan littafin, babban ɗan Hispanist Henry Kamen yana yin zurfin tunani game da alaƙar tarihi tsakanin Spain da ɗaya daga cikin gundumomin ta, Catalonia, yana mai da hankali kan abubuwan da suka faru a 1714 da kuma tarihin da aka samo game da su. Domin, a duk tarihinta, Catalonia ta kasance wacce aka azabtar da wasu hanyoyin ɓarna waɗanda waɗanda suka fi son kada su yi ƙoƙarin fahimtar abubuwan da suka gabata, wanda masu akida, 'yan siyasa da' yan jaridu suka gurbata tsarin su ta hanyar bayanai. sosai abin dogara.

Ga Kamen, Catalonia ba ta murƙushe ko rage komai ba bayan 11 ga Satumba, 1714 - wanda yanzu ake tunawa da ɗarinta na uku - amma a ci gaba da kasancewa yanki mai mahimmanci, mai wadata da bunƙasa, yanki mafi arziki a Spain. Wannan shine yadda yake bayyana shi a cikin waɗannan shafuka kuma don haka yana tunawa da waɗanda suka rasa ƙarni uku da suka gabata, maza waɗanda suka yi tarayya iri ɗaya kamar yawancin mutanen Catalan a yau: imani da haɗin kan Spain, amma kuma a cikin asali da halaye na musamman daga cikin mutanen Catalan.

Ƙirƙiri Spain:

Idan muka sami ƙarin daɗi, komai ƙirƙira ne, babban taro tun lokacin da yawan Pangea ke yaɗuwa a cikin ruwayen duniya. Sauran al’amari ne na son rai, tarihi, hasashe, sha’awa... har ma da ra'ayin al'umma. Har ma fiye da haka shine hangen nesa na Spain, wanda aka halicce shi a matsayin rukuni na mutane.

Ba a haife al'ummomi ba: suna haɓakawa kuma an halicce su, suna tasowa daga gwagwarmaya da bege kuma suna ci gaba da godiya ga ƙarfin halin mutanen su. A haƙiƙanin ma'ana, an “ƙera su”, kuma ba don ƙarya ce ta yi musu wahayi ba, amma don burin gaskiya ne, tunda koyaushe akwai madaidaitan ra’ayoyi masu saɓani waɗanda suka ba da gudummawa ga ƙirƙirar ƙasa.

Wannan littafin bincike ne na wasu daga cikin waɗancan ra'ayoyin waɗanda a cikin lokaci suka taimaka wajen daidaita tunaninmu game da Spain. Hanyoyin hangen nesa galibi ana yin su ne ta hanyar akidu da karkacewar da ke iya tafiya tare da su, waɗanda ke buƙatar fahimta da bayyana su, maimakon a ƙi su.

Mahaukacin Sarki da sauran asirin mulkin Spain

Kowane mashahurin tarihi koyaushe yana samun halayensa na musamman, wanda a cikinsa ne zai kafa cewa kusan abin da ya fi ƙarfin hali, yana ɗokin warware duk wani ɓoyayyen ɓarna har zuwa kubutar da gaskiya mafi aminci. Dangane da Henry Kamen, Charles II kamar haka yake.

Yawancin abubuwan da suka faru na baya suna kewaye da sirri da sihiri. Babu wani takamaiman bayani a gare su kuma sun sauko mana a nade cikin halo na almara. A cikin wannan littafin, babban ɗan Hispanist Henry Kamen ya bayyana mana ta hanya mai daɗi gaskiyar da za ta iya kasancewa a bayan tatsuniyoyi da abubuwan da ba za a iya bayyana su ba waɗanda suka faru a Spain a lokacin zinare na Daular:

Me ya sa Inquisition na Mutanen Espanya ya sami irin wannan suna a matsayin wata cibiyar da ke da ban tsoro yayin da ayyukanta ba su da muni kamar na sauran ƙasashe? Me yasa Charles II, sarki na ƙarshe na daular Habsburg, ya zama mai suna "sihiri"? Wanene mahaukacin sarkin?