érase Una Vez España by José Luis Villacañas Berlanga

A concise, accessible narrative of Spain’s past that moves from medieval beginnings to contemporary democracy, tracing how political power, religious institutions, and regional pluralism shaped a complex state. It interrogates imperial myths and national-Catholic narratives, highlights cycles of reform and reaction, the traumas of civil war and dictatorship, and the transition to democracy, and situates the country within European dynamics, offering historical keys to understand today’s debates.