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Letters from Spain

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A series of epistolary travel sketches offers firsthand observations of Andalusian cities and riverine journeys, mixing vivid topographical description with cultural analysis. The correspondent examines how Catholic devotion penetrates public and domestic life, detailing rituals around the Eucharist and popular veneration of the Virgin alongside everyday customs. He probes social hierarchies and honor codes, considering nobles, grandees, hidalgos, and ideas of purity that shape opportunity and status. Personal reminiscence and comparisons with life abroad frame reflections on political and religious conservatism, while anecdote and local portraiture aim to authenticate the depicted manners and opinions.

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Title: Letters from Spain

Author: Joseph Blanco White

Release date: February 8, 2015 [eBook #48203]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LETTERS FROM SPAIN ***

LETTERS
FROM
SPAIN.

BY

DON LEUCADIO DOBLADO.

SECOND EDITION.

REVISED AND CORRECTED BY THE AUTHOR.


LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.


1825.


J. GREEN, PRINTER, LEICESTER-STREET, LEICESTER SQUARE.