José Antonio Maravall Casesnoves (1911 in

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– 1986 in

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) was a Spanish historian and essayist associated with the

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movement.

Biography

Maravall studied philosophy and law at the

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, where he completed his final degree in political science and economics at the Central University, where he was a student of Jose Ortega y Gasset. He became a university professor in Spain and abroad. Maravall was head of the department at the

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and the

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. He also became a member of the

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and the president of the Spanish Association of Historical Sciences. In

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Maravall avoided some of the more politically sensitive topics of his work. He wrote poetry during this period, and co-founded the ''Nueva Revista'' ("New Magazine") literary review with José Antonio Muñoz Rojas and Leopoldo Panero. Maravall's work on Spanish history is considered foundational, and he is one of the highest authorities on the Old Regime of Monarchist Spain. In 1987, he received the National Essay Prize given by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. The

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granted Maravall an honorary degree in recognition of his work. His son, José María Maravall, was Education Minister in the first government of

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in 1982.

Works

Books

*''Carlos V y el pensamiento político del Renacimiento'' *''Concepto de España en la Edad Media'' (1954) * *''La cultura del Barroco. Análisis de una estructura histórica'' (1975). **Translated by Terry Cochran as ''Culture of the Baroque: Analysis of a Historical Structure'', University of Minneapolis Press, 1986. *''Utopia y contrautopia en el Quijote'' (1976) **Translated by Robert W. Felkel as ''Utopia and Counterutopia in the Quixote'', Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1991. *''Poder, honor y elites en el s. XVII'' (1979) *''Utopía y reformismo en la España de los Austrias'' (1982) *''El humanismo en las armas de Don Quijote'' (1948) *''Estudios de Historia del pensamiento español'' (1984) *''La literatura picaresca desde la historia social'' (1986)

Articles

*Hacia el hombre (Revista de occidente, 1935)

References

External links

Articles at Dialnet by Maravall
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maravall, Jose Antonio 1911 births 1986 deaths People from Xàtiva 20th-century Spanish historians Historians of Spain Spanish people of the Spanish Civil War (National faction) Complutense University of Madrid alumni