Books Archive - University of Pittsburgh Press

The Conquest of History

Spanish Colonialism and National Histories in the Nineteenth Century

By exploring controversies such as the veracity of the Black Legend, the location of Christopher Columbus’s mortal remains, and the survival of indigenous cultures, this study shows how recorded history became implicated in the struggles over empire.

Ladies of Honor and Merit

Gender, Useful Knowledge, and Politics in Enlightened Spain

By Elena Serrano

Tells the Unknown Story of How Women Shaped Scientific Culture in Eighteenth-Century Spain

Francisco de los Cobos

Secretary of the Emperor Charles V

By Hayward Keniston

A comprehensive biography of the Seceretary of State and Comendador for the kingdom of Castile under Emperor Charles I of Spain.