{"product_id":"incomparable-realms-jeremy-robbins-9781789145373","title":"Incomparable Realms: Spain During the Golden Age, 1500-1700","description":"\u003cb\u003eA sumptuous history of Golden Age Spain that explores the irresistible tension between heavenly and earthly realms.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIncomparable Realms\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vision of Spanish culture and society during the so-called Golden Age, the period from 1500 to 1700 when Spain unexpectedly rose to become the dominant European power. But in what ways was this a Golden Age, and for whom? The relationship between the Habsburg monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church shaped the period, with both constructing narratives to bind Spanish society together. \u003ci\u003eIncomparable Realms\u003c\/i\u003e unpicks the impact of these two historical forces on thought and culture and examines the people and perspectives such powerful projections sought to eradicate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book shows that the tension between the heavenly and earthly realms, and in particular the struggle between the spiritual and the corporeal, defines Golden Age culture. In art and literature, mystical theology and moral polemic, ideology, doctrine, and everyday life, the problematic pull of the body and the material world is the unacknowledged force behind early modern Spain. Life is a dream, as the title of Calder's famous play of the period proclaimed, but there is always a body dreaming it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy Robbins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789145376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789145373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.14w x 1.42d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2022 pg. 99","brand":"Jeremy Robbins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44077396361471,"sku":"9781789145373","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43277269-9a4d-4309-b886-581e1d0734f9.jpg?v=1685469744","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/incomparable-realms-jeremy-robbins-9781789145373","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}