From El Pais: “Muere John H. Elliott, el historiador británico maestro de hispanistas, a los 91 años.”
Here is a nice obituary of Jonathan Brown.
See this obituary published by NYU’s Institute for Fine Arts.
The Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies 45/1 (2020) is out now.
Things of interest to use include:
Rocío Martínez López, “‘For Her Special Consideration:’ Cultural and Diplomatic Demonstrations of Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria’s Position as the Heiress of the Spanish Monarchy (1673-1692)”
Pamela Radcliff, Obituary of David Ringrose (1938-2020).
News from Europe is that James Casey recently passed away.
Bartolomé Bennassar died yesterday, according to the Fundación Española de Historia Moderna.
http://www.wilmingtoncares.com/obituary/bill-mccarthy/
I only knew him a little, but what a nice, fun guy.
Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, died earlier this week. See the obituary in El País.
The Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies 40/1 (2015):
Before Highway Maps: Creating a Digital Research Infrastructure Based on Sixteenth-Century Iberian Places and Roads
Robert Hibberd and J. B. Owens
The Wedding Processions of the Dukes of Braganza (1633) and Medina Sidonia (1640): Power and Fiesta in Portugal and Spain
Luis Salas Almela
A justiça dos governantes, lógicas de serviço e benefício em “O panegírico fúnebre a d. Afonso Furtado”, de Juan Lopes Sierra (1671-1675).
Guilherme A. Carvalho Mr.
Prince Baltasar Carlos´s Chamber in Las Meninas
Mercedes Llorente
A Tale of Two Sitters: Juan and Alfonso de Valdés
Peter Elvy
Review of Emily Berquist Soule, The Bishop’s Utopia: Envisioning Improvement in Colonial Peru
Nathan Weaver Olson
Review of Tamar Herzog, Frontiers of Possession: Spain and Portugal in Europe and the Americas.
José Eudes Gomes
Review of Barbara H. Stein & Stanley J. Stein, Crisis in an Atlantic Empire: Spain and New Spain, 1808-1810
Sean Perrone
Review of Charles J. Esdaile, Outpost of Empire: The Napoleonic Occupation of Andalucía, 1810-1812
Charles Nicholas Saenz
Review ofTimothy J. Coates, Convict Labor in the Portuguese Empire 1740-1932
Y.H. Teddy Sim
Obituary for Christopher Schmidt-Nowara (1966-2015)
David Messenger
Most of you have already heard about the death of Chris Schmidt-Nowara. Tufts University now has a webpage in remembrance of him.