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Jul 25, 2022 · In only the first half-century or so of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, over 100 tons of gold were extracted from the continent. In melting down this glittering metal, the conquistadors left behind a trail of death, torture, and destruction.
- Mark Cartwright
• How did the music played on these instruments reflect sixteenth-century Spanish society more broadly? When reading primary sources in particular, you may want to keep in mind these questions: • Who is the author and when was the document written? • Who was the intended audience? Why was the source written?
Earl J. Hamilton calculated that a total of approximately 287,000 pesos of gold were shipped to Spain from the islands in the period 1503–1510 and around 438,000 pesos in the years 1511–1520; see his “Imports of American Gold and Silver into Spain, 1503–1660,” Quarterly Journal of Economics 43 (1929): 464, Table A. Jalil Sued Badillo ...
Extraordinary artistic achievements in music, art and literature created a “Golden Age” in Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries, paralleling the rise and decline of the Spanish Habsburgs’ political power and influence in Europe.
Spain's Golden Age was at its prime during the XVI century, and music was no stranger to this apogee. From Counter-Reformation music to the development of the vihuela, a world of change.
The Spanish Golden Age spans the work of Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote de la Mancha; and of Lope de Vega, Spain's most prolific playwright, who wrote around 1,000 plays during his lifetime, of which over 400 survive to the present day.
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1 day ago · Spain - Reconquista, Golden Age, Empire: It is not surprising that the enormous exertions of the last quarter of the 16th century, with its mixture of triumphs, disappointments, and miseries, should have been followed by a general mood of introspection and even disenchantment.
