This PhD examines the possibilities of teaching and learning to think historically identity and
national history in secondary education, taking as reference the current situation from the …

This paper examines the historical thinking skills of 283 students studying a Primary
Education degree in Spain. In order to achieve this objective, we analysed texts they had …

Redactar un prólogo es una tarea de gran responsabilidad, tanto mayor cuanto más
apreciable es el valor del libro prologado, y ciertamente este es el caso. La obra de Javier …

This paper examines the survival of a master narrative about the history of Spain, a national
narrative as it is reflected in history textbooks in secondary education between 1976 and …

All European historiographies are marked by one kind of cliché or another. Some of these
clichés are so powerful that they dominate not only the national 'grand narratives' familiar to …

The Triumph of an Accursed Lineage analyses kingship in Castile between 1252 and 1350,
with a particular focus on the pivotal reign of Alfonso XI (r. 1312–1350). This century …

La ausencia de un mausoleo regio en Castilla similar a Saint-Denis o Westminster se ha
considerado, de manera tradicional, fruto del desinterés de los monarcas castellanos en las …

This paper addresses narrative thinking and literacy levels in future primary school teachers
in Spain. It uses the study of a historical synthesis of one of the main narratives in Spanish …

“Warrior monks”—the misnomer for the Iberian military orders that emerged on the frontiers
of Europe in the twelfth century—have long fascinated general readers and professional …

Nonmodern Iberia was a fluid space of shifting political kingdoms and culturally diverse
communities. Scholars have long used a series of obsolete investigative frameworks such …