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The passions aroused by the Spanish Civil War have yet to recede. The extensive literature that has been produced and continues to be published testifies to this fact. From the outset of the war in Spain, numerous European countries actively participated in the Spanish conflict. However, Soviet military "aid" to the Republican government "has provoked more questions, mystification and bitter controversy than any other subject in the history of the Spanish Civil War."1 Although the Spanish Civil War took place almost 70 years ago, and the intervention or non-intervention of many countries in Spain is well documented, Soviet involvement remains an "enigma". Little is known of Stalin's motives in Spain and even less information has emerged on the Spanish gold reserves that were sent to the USSR. This dissertation attempts to come to terms with both of these questions and, with the help of new documentation, challenge previously-held assumptions regarding Soviet foreign policy in Spain. / 1Gerald Howson. Arms for Spain: The Untold Story of the Spanish Civil War. (New York: St Martins Press, 1998), 119.

Spanish and Portuguese organ music still remains a relatively unchartered area escaping the attention of most general assessments of European musical history. The work which has been done in this field has tended towards stylistic appreciations of the published large-scale compositions and the compilation of short biographies of prominent musicians. No extensive investigation has yet been undertaken which deals with such fundamental issues as the role of the organist and the origins and function of the extant organ repertory, of which a large proportion lies dormant in manuscripts, within the liturgy. Indeed, there is no monograph about organists and organ music in the Iberian peninsula as a whole. The overall aim of this thesis is to provide a musical background and liturgical context for short organ pieces called <u>versos</u> which were thoroughly integrated within a musical celebration of the Offices. For this end, a variety of musical and documentary material has been examined: practical sources of organ music; plainchant manuals; ceremonials and musical treatises. To an enormous extent this organ music was subject to long-standing liturgical customs and legislation, as well as to strongly defined traditions of musical composition. The prescriptions to the organist given in the ecclesiastical constitutions and how these may have been realized in the Canonical Hours and in the Mass constitutes the essence of part two of this thesis. This interpretation of musico-liturgical practices has entailed an examination of the relationship between plainchant and the organ verset and the technicalities of mode and tranposition which were involved when alternating the organ with choral plainchant. An analysis is also made of the musical development of versets based on the psalm-tones, organ hymns (the <u>Pange lingua</u> in particular) and the 'organ mass'. An anthology of transcriptions complementing this discussion is contained in a separate volume. As a counterbalance to the analytical discussion in part two, part one provides an historical and cultural background to the subject. An assessment is made of the contribution made by individual organists and organ 'schools' and some consideration is made of the extent to which both royal and ecclesiastical patronage was responsible for the livelihood of music and the arts.

In this thesis I ask whether food can be used to express Catalan national identity, and if so, in what ways this occurs. In doing so, I consider the lived realities of nationalist movements, rather than simply the ideas and political claims that inform such movements. The Catalan Autonomous Community in northeast Spain is an ideal place to research this issue, due to the strengthening of nationalist sentiments there in light of the rise in support for independence from Spain. I wished to see whether this had any effect on the connections between food and national identity (or gastronationalism). National identity and food are connected in many diverse and varied ways. Food culture allows us to reflect on national identity as a whole. Themes which commonly appear in nationalist discourse, such as cultural specificity, historicism, or landscape (to name but a few), also inform discussions of national food identity. In the present case, while other markers of identity (e.g. language) are also important, ideals of Catalan nationalism may take the guise of Catalan gastronationalism as well. The current pro-independence movement has had the effect of making Catalans more aware of their cultural symbols, including cuisine, which is now one of many such symbols that can be mobilized for the expression of national identity.

Orientador: Luzia Margareth Rago / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T05:41:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Biajoli_MariaClaraPivato_M.pdf: 1772890 bytes, checksum: b7d9555f870a316493b3dda93cc32584 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Este trabalho analisa os relatos de memória de algumas mulheres que militaram no movimento anarquista feminino espanhol do grupo Mujeres Libres, que esteve ativo durante a Guerra Civil Espanhola (1936-1939). Focaliza as entrevistas, os livros, e documentários produzidos por elas, especialmente nas décadas de 1980 e 1990, sobre aqueles acontecimentos na Espanha e suas experiências. Pergunta de que forma se dá essa rememoração, que guarda fortemente as marcas do tempo presente, e ainda de que forma esses acontecimentos e essas memórias contribuíram na construção de suas subjetividades como mulheres anarquistas, após cinqüenta anos ou mais da derrota para as forças franquistas em 1939 / Abstract: This work analises the narratives of memory of some women who participated at the Spanish anarchist and feminist movement of the group ¿Mujeres Libres¿, which was active during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). It focuses on the interviews, books and documentaries that have been produced by these women, especially at the 1980s and 1990s, about those events and their experiences. It asks about how this work of memory happens, which keeps strong marks of the present, and how this memories contribute to the construction of their subjectivities as anarchist women, even fifty years ou more after the defeat to the franquist army in 1939 / Mestrado / Historia Cultural / Mestre em História

Orientador: Néri de Barros Almeida / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T17:55:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silva_ThiagoJuarezRibeiroda_M.pdf: 1849286 bytes, checksum: e3b26268b134e5c31502fa2ab9a96efe (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: Esta pesquisa visa o estudo comparativo entre as realezas merovíngia e visigoda entre os séculos VI e VII e o modo como estas autoridades ligaram à finalidade governamental valores cristãos. Para tanto, fazemos uso de cânones conciliares e editos reais, assim como de textos narrativos. A intenção é verificar de que maneira a realeza, em colaboração com o episcopado, pretendeu organizar a sociedade de acordo com as prerrogativas morais cristãs por meio de uma prática normativa a partir de uma documentação de origem diversa / Abstract: The present research proposal aimed a comparative study of the Merovingian royalty and Visigoth between the sixth and seventh centuries and how these authorities linked to the purpose of government the Christian moral values. To this end, we make use of conciliar canons and royal edicts, as well as narrative texts. The objective is to see how the royalty in collaboration with the bishops intend to organize the society according to the Christian moral prerogatives through regulation praxis / Mestrado / Historia Cultural / Mestre em História

Joaquín de Arredondo was the most powerful and influential person in northeastern New Spain from 1811 to 1821. His rise to prominence began in 1811 when the Spanish military officer and a small royalist army suppressed Miguel Hidalgo’s revolution in the province of Nuevo Santander. This prompted the Spanish government to promote Arredondo to Commandant General of the Eastern Internal Provinces, making him the foremost civil and military authority in northeastern New Spain. Arredondo’s tenure as commandant general proved difficult, as he had to deal with insurgents, invaders from the United States, hostile Indians, pirates, and smugglers. Because warfare in Europe siphoned much needed military and financial support, and disagreements with New Spain’s leadership resulted in reductions of the commandant general’s authority, Arredondo confronted these threats with little assistance from the Spanish government. In spite of these obstacles, he maintained royalist control of New Spain from 1811 to 1821, and, in doing so, changed the course of Texas, Mexican, and United States history. In 1813, he defeated insurgents and American invaders at the Battle of Medina, and from 1817 to 1820, his forces stopped Xavier Mina’s attempt to bring independence to New Spain, prevented French exiles from establishing a colony in Texas, and defeated James Long’s filibustering expedition from the United States. Although unable to sustain Spanish rule in 1821, Arredondo’s approval of Moses Austin’s petition to settle families from the United States in Texas in 1820 and his role in the development of Antonio López de Santa Anna, meant the officer continued to influence Mexico. Perhaps Arredondo’s greatest importance is that the study of his life provides a means to learn about an internationally contested region during one of the most turbulent eras in North American history.

This thesis will demonstrate that the British leaders saw the policy of non-intervention during the Spanish Civil War as the best option available under the circumstances, and will also focus on the role of the Royal Navy in carrying out that policy. Unpublished sources include Cabinet and Admiralty papers. Printed sources include the Documents on British Foreign Policy, newspaper and periodical articles, and memoirs. This thesis, covering the years 1936-37, is broken down into six chapters, each covering a time frame that reflected a change of policy or naval mission. The non-intervention policy was seen as the best available at the time, but it was shortsighted and ignored potentially serious long-term consequences.