INTR. TO THE IBERIAN PENINSULA CIVILIZATION - B

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1 Syllabus INTR. TO THE IBERIAN PENINSULA CIVILIZATION - B Last update HU Credits: 2 Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor) Responsible Department: Romance and Latin American Studies Academic year: 1 Semester: 2nd Semester Teaching Languages: Hebrew Campus: Mt. Scopus Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Silvina Schammah Gesser Coordinator silvina.gesser@mail.huji.ac.il Coordinator Office Hours: Thursdays 16:30-17:30 Teaching Staff: Dr. Silvina Gesser page 1 / 5

2 Course/Module description: The course introduces key processes that shaped Spanish history for the last three hundred years. Among them: Spain's reception of the Enlightenment and the Enlightened Absolutism that characterized the new Bourbon dynasty in the 18th century and the debacle produced by Napoleon's invasion to the Peninsula in 1808 that speeded up the wars of independence both at home and in the colonies. We will also focus on the characteristics of the liberal project in Spain and the reaction of both traditional and conservative factions as they competed to define the emerging nation state. Thus we will further trace the political, social, economic and cultural developments that characterized Spain towards The second part of the course traces the political crisis between the two world wars, the rise of the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, and the factors that gave rise to the Spanish Second Republic : a daring attempt to fight off the wave of fascism that was threatening European stability. The outbreak of the civil war and the rise to power of General Francisco Franco will for ever change the destiny of Spain. Course/Module aims: acquire basic tools and knowledge to approach social, cultural and political processes that chacaterized Spanish modernity from the rise of the Bourbon Dinasty till the establishment of the Francoist dictatorship Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: *identify and characterize Spanish Enlightenment and the rise of the novel Bourbon's Enlightened Absolutism; *identify the factors leading to Spain s postponed modernity *understand Spain's process of nation building in the XIXth Century Identify the factors leading to the II Spanish Republic, the Civil War and the rise of Dictatorship Attendance requirements(%): 100 page 2 / 5

3 Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: lectures, class presentations, class reading of historical documents, debate, film screening and final exam Course/Module Content: 1. Spanish Enlightened Absolutism in the 18th century 2. Bourbon Spain and the French Revolution: between fear to modernity and the liberal revolution 3. The French Invasions and the birth of Spanish nationalism: the struggle between liberals and conservatives 4. The Bourbonic Restoration and the 1876 Constitution 5. Spain 1898: crisis, social struggle and regional separatism 6. Primo de Rivera s dictatorship: fascism from above 7. The Spanish Second Republic: towards a new Spain 8.The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War 9. National Spain and the rise of the Francoist state Required Reading: 1. Spanish Enlightened Absolutism in the 18th century Richard Herr, Flow and Ebb in: Spain: A History, Raymond Carr (ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press 2000, pp Benito Feijףo, "Causes of Spain s Backwardness", (1745), in John Cowards, (ed.) Early Modern Spain. A Documentary History, Philadelphia University Press, pp Bourbon Spain and the French Revolution: between fear to modernity and the liberal revolution page 3 / 5

4 John Lynch, Bourbon Spain , Blackwell 1989, Chapter 7 and The French Invasions and the birth of Spanish nationalism: the struggle between liberals and conservatives יתאי שינאן "הקורטס של קאדיס ( ):ניסיון ראשון ליצירת זהות ספרדית", זמנים 114, -אביב 2011 ע" The Bourbonic Restoration and the 1876 Constitution Isabel Burdiel," Old and new Liberalism": The Making of the Liberal Revolution, , Bulletin of Hispanic History, (1998), pp Gerald Brenan, The Spanish Labyrinth, Cambridge University Press, 1950, Chapter I: The Restoration, , pp Spain 1898: crisis, social struggle and regional separatism רענן ריין, "תבוסה צבאית וחשבון נפש לאומי: ספרד בצל ה"אסון" של 1898" ע" Primo de Rivera s dictatorship: fascism from above Carolyn Boyd, "The Primo de Rivera Dictatorship, The origins of National Catholicism, Ch. 6, in Historia Patria, Princeton University Press, pp The Spanish Second Republic: towards a new Spain יצחק אביב, מהפכה ומהפכה-שכנגד בספרד,.הרפובליקה השניה ומלחמת האזרחים, , אוניברסיטה משודרת, משרד הביטחון, תל אביב תשנ"א עי Manuel Azaסa, " Spain has ceased to be Catholic", (1931) in Jon Cowans, Modern Spain: A Documentary History, Philadelphia, 2003., pp The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War aul Preston, The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge, London,2006. Chapters 2, A divided society: Spain before 1931; Chapter 3, The Leftist challenge, ; Chapter 4, The map of Spain bleeds: From Coup d'tat to Civil War. 9. National Spain and the rise of the Francoist state page 4 / 5

5 Powered by TCPDF ( Antonio Cazorla Sבnchez, Ordinary Lives in Franco s Spain, , Wiley Blacwell, (2010), Chapter I, "The Politics of Fear" pp Additional Reading Material: Christopher Ross, Spain , A trouble democracy, ( ), Juliבn Casanova, Anarchism, the Republic and the Civil War in Spain, , Routledge, Course/Module evaluation: End of year written/oral examination 75 % Presentation 0 % Participation in Tutorials 15 % Project work 0 % Assignments 10 % Reports 0 % Research project 0 % Quizzes 0 % Other 0 % Additional information: Recommended Bibliography - Jon Cowans, Modern Spain: A Documentary History, Philadelphia, Gerald Brenan, The Spanish Labyrinth, Cambridge University Press, 1950, - Raymond Carr, Spain , Oxford 1982 (2d. ed.). - Robert W. Kern (ed.), Historical Dictionary of Modern Spain, New York page 5 / 5