Melisende's Library

From The Guardian : A million euro literary prize has lured three Spanish men out of anonymity, to reveal that they are behind ultra-violent...

Synopsis: When Aline Griffith was born in a quiet suburban New York hamlet, no one had any idea that she would go on to live “a life of gla...

Royal Favouritism and the Governing Elite of the Spanish Monarchy, 1640-1665 presents a study of the later years of the reign of Philip IV...

Synopsis: the adventures of Spaniard Abel de Santiago are told in five volumes by author James Vella-Barden : The Sheriff's Catch; A ...

Mystery / crime series starring Enrique Alvarez, a police inspector in Mallorca, Spain, with the first in the series published in 1974 and ...

The follow up to The Samurai of Seville - its is a story of acceptance and finding your place in the world as Soledad Maria - the Samurai...

From  University of Cambridge :  129,864,880. That’s the number of books in the world, according to an estimate by Google Books, which...

Review by Craig Nakashian for  De Re Militari : Eduardo de Mesa’s tome on Irish soldiers that served in Habsburg Spain’s armies succeeds...

The reign of Alfonso X the Wise was the one which entailed the greatest prosperity and splendour for the Jewish community of Toledo. During...

Based on original research, and drawing attention to the connections between the medieval Moorish king Boabdil, and current social and poli...

Spain & the Mediterranean - a collection of essays on medieval Iberian history in relation to the Mediterranean Sea. It is a study of ...

There is a widely held belief that in Spain, during the European Middle Ages, Islam, Christianity and Judaism co-existed peacefully and fru...

A mysterious medieval text, decrypted - The Boston Globe AROUND THE YEAR  1290, a set of mysterious writings began to circulate in the ...

Armageddon falls on my twelfth birthday: I see my Christian parents conquer Moorish Granada. I am Juana Trastamara, part-English, hei...