Carlos Eire ist ein angesehener Historiker, dessen Forschung sich auf die Sozial-, Intellektuell-, Religions- und Kulturgeschichte des späten Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit in Europa konzentriert. Er bringt ein tiefes Verständnis für die Komplexität dieser Perioden mit und bietet aufschlussreiche Analysen, die das vielschichtige Gewebe vergangener Gesellschaften offenbaren. Eires unverwechselbarer Ansatz macht historische Forschung sowohl rigoros als auch fesselnd für den Leser.
Während ich schlief, veränderte sich die Welt, und zu meiner großen Überraschung hatte mich niemand um Rat gefragt. Als er zwölf war, schickten seine Eltern ihn aus Angst vor Fidel Castro allein in die USA. Seinen Vater sollte er nicht wieder sehen. Aber die Bilder seiner Kindheit haben ihn nie verlassen.
The Art and Craft of Dying in Sixteenth-Century Spain
Focusing on Spanish attitudes toward death and the afterlife during the Counter-Reformation, this study explores sixteenth-century Madrid's death rituals through testaments and examines the "good" deaths of figures like King Philip II and St. Teresa of Avila. It delves into Spanish Catholic piety amidst significant cultural transformations, employing both quantitative and qualitative methods. By analyzing the interplay between popular piety and elite theology, it situates Spanish beliefs within the broader context of the European Reformation and attitudes toward death.
A childhood in a privileged household in 1950s Havana was joyous and cruel, like any other-but with certain differences. The neighbour's monkey was liable to escape and run across your roof. Surfing was conducted by driving cars across the breakwater. Lizards and firecrackers made frequent contact. Carlos Eire's childhood was a little different from most. His father was convinced he had been Louis XVI in a past life. At school, classmates with fathers in the Batista government were attended by chauffeurs and bodyguards. At a home crammed with artifacts and paintings, portraits of Jesus spoke to him in dreams and nightmares. Then, in January 1959, the world changes: Batista is suddenly gone, a cigar-smoking guerrilla has taken his place, and Christmas is cancelled. The echo of firing squads is everywhere. And, one by one, the author's schoolmates begin to disappear-spirited away to the United States. Carlos will end up there himself, without his parents, never to see his father again. Narrated with the urgency of a confession, WAITING FOR SNOW IN HAVANA is both an ode to a paradise lost and an exorcism. More than that, it captures the terrible beauty of those times in our lives when we are certain we have died-and then are somehow, miraculously, reborn.
Exploring the complex concept of eternity, the book offers a dynamic examination of how our perceptions of the future, present, and past have evolved. Carlos Eire combines scholarly insight with engaging narrative to illuminate the philosophical and historical dimensions of this profound idea, encouraging readers to rethink their understanding of time and existence.
An award-winning historian’s examination of impossible events at the dawn of modernity and of their enduring significance