Books by JH Elliott
“Elliot’s book certainly helped me to see how Spain’s confidence really blossomed in this period, after the conflicts of the Middle Ages, and how that that blossoming had the deep shadow side of intensifying the contempt for and marginalisation of racial and religious minorities.” Read more...
The best books on Saint Teresa of Avila
Rowan Williams, Theologians & Historians of Religion
Empires of the Atlantic World
by JH Elliott
For comparative history between the British and the Spanish in America, there's no better book – it's excellent
Interviews where books by JH Elliott were recommended
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Atlantic History
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Empires of the Atlantic World
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Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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The British Atlantic World, 1500-1800
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Soundings in Atlantic History
by Bernard Bailyn (editor)
The best books on Atlantic History, recommended by Bernard Bailyn
The best books on Atlantic History, recommended by Bernard Bailyn
Harvard professor and Pulitzer prize-winning historian Bernard Bailyn recommends reading on three centuries of empire, conflict and slave trading between the Americas, Europe and Africa
The best books on Saint Teresa of Avila, recommended by Rowan Williams
St Teresa of Avila was one of the towering figures of the Counter-Reformation, both as a theologian and as a reformer of the religious life. Here, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, discusses her insights into spiritual growth and prayer, the impact her Jewish roots had on her life and career, and why Bernini’s statue of her in ecstasy is unhelpful.
