PELAYO

pāläˈyō, d. 737, first king (c.718–737) of Asturias. He was elected king by the tribespeople of Asturias and by Visigothic leaders who had escaped Tariq. His victory over the Moors at Covadonga sometime between 718 and 725 marked the beginning of Christian resistance to the Moorish conquerors. Accounts of Pelayo are largely legendary.

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books on: Pelayo  - 603 results

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Critical Companion
Book by Rubén Pelayo; Greenwood Press, 2001
Subjects: Garcaia Maarquez, Gabriel--1928---Criticism And Interpretation
...sickly. Everyone from the priest, Elisenda, Pelayo, and the neighbor to the town in general seems...be viewed equally well through Elisenda, Pelayo, and Father Gonzaga. Elisenda and Pelayo are simple people. They live under very poor...
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Encyclopedia of the Essay
Book by Tracy Chevalier; Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997
Subjects: Essay--Encyclopedias, Essay--History And Criticism--Encyclopedias
...Jose Diaz, Estudios sobre Menendez y Pelayo , Madrid: Instituto de Estudios Madrilenos...Bibliografia de y sobre Menendez y Pelayo, 1939-1955 ," Arbor: Revista General...Ferrando, La vida y la obra de Menendez y Pelayo , Saragossa: Heraldo de Aragon, 1939...
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From Nationalism to Secessionism: The Changing Fiction of William Gilmore Simms
Book by Charles S. Watson, Jon L. Wakelyn; Greenwood Press, 1993
Subjects: Fiction, Nationalism In Literature, Politics And Literature--Southern States--History--19th Century, Secession In Literature, Simms, William Gilmore--1806-1870--Political And Social Views, Southern States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Literature And The War, Southern States--In Literature
...engage in fatal combat, the former hails Pelayo as the new king of the Goths. A close...recently narrated in The Partisan . He termed Pelayo "the great sire of guerilla warfare in...fight against overwhelming odds. When Pelayo boasts of one hundred recruits to his...
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Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies
Book by Washington Irving; Belford, Clarke & Company, 1885
Subjects: Fiction
...flying from the robbors. On beholding Pelayo, he fell on his knees, and implored...terror, and made to tell his story. When Pelayo heard of the robbers, he concluded they...his assistance. When the robbers saw Pelayo advancing through the forest, with a...
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Fidel Castro: Rebel, Liberator, or Dictator?
Book by Jules Dubois; Bobbs-Merrill, 1959
Subjects: Castro, Fidel--1927-, Cuba--Politics And Government--1933-
...contradicted by the governments attempt to blame Pelayo Cuervo. Members of the palace staff reported that...told of the paper found in Echevarrias pocket. " Pelayo Cuervo is to blame! Pelayo Cuervo is to blame!" she was reported to have...
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journal articles on: Pelayo  - 70 results

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Catorce Cartas De Pereda a Enrique Menéndez Pelayo (1895-1905)
Journal article by Salvador García Castañeda; Romance Quarterly, Vol. 44, 1997
Subjects: Romance Philology
...La Hispania" (Biblioteca Menendez Pelayo, Fondos Modernos, Santander). Estaba...ademas de Pereda, Enrique Menendez Pelayo, Alfonso Ortiz de la Torre y Jose Maria...5 (18)95 1 Sr. D. E. Menendez y Pelayo. Mi querido ami(go): adjunta va la...
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Contemporary Judicial Dialogue in Mexico
Journal article by José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo; Texas International Law Journal, Vol. 40, 2005
Subjects: Constitutional law, Courts, Judicial process, Legal reform, Supreme Court-Mexico, Treaties
Contemporary Judicial Dialogue in Mexico by Jose de Jesus Gudino Pelayo I. INTRODUCTION The impact of the phenomena of globalization in connection with the courts is a very important and interesting...
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Redating the Arca Santa of Oviedo
Journal article by Julie A. Harris; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 77, 1995
Subjects: Art history
...Santa of Oviedo by Julie A. Harris When Pelayo became bishop of Oviedo in 1101, it must...maintained by its Cluniac bishop Bernard. Pelayo sought to restore Oviedos prestige, forged...historians call the Corpus Pelagianum, earned Pelayo the sobriquet "historiador-fabulador...
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Afro-asian Alliances: Marriage, Godparentage, and Social Status in Late-ninteenth-century Cuba1
Journal article by Kathleen López; Afro - Hispanic Review, Vol. 27, 2008
Subjects: Age, Alliances, Asians, Cuba, Domestic service, Estates, Social networks, Wages & salaries, Workers
...population of Chinese agricultural laborers. Pastor Pelayo and Wenceslaa Sarria In 1859, at the age of...Cuba.14 There he was given the name Pastor Pelayo, after the sugar planter Don Ramon Pelayo, who contracted him to work on San Pelayo Estate...
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Interpretations of the Renaissance in Spanish Historical Thought
Journal article by Ottavio Di Camillo; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 48, 1995
Subjects: Renaissance--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Spain--History
...a young scholar, Marcelino Menendez y Pelayo, who broadened considerably the scope...Renaissance studies.(9) Menendez y Pelayo used the word exclusively to describe...during the Middle Ages. To Menendez y Pelayo, who saw the Renaissance as an historically...
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magazine articles on: Pelayo  - 14 results

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Hot Sounds
Magazine article by Patrick Sullivan; Strings, Vol. 23, November 2008
Subjects: College students, Learning, Musical instruments, Musicians & conductors, School districts, Secondary schools
...that they can catch up." For Michael Pelayo, mariachi offers a chance to shine as...with more energy," he says. Indeed, Pelayo had to tone down that high-energy style...that song when our group plays it." Pelayo hopes to continue studying mariachi in...
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Young Violinists Are Discovering a Passion for Mariachi
Magazine article by Patrick Sullivan; Strings, Vol. 3, November 2008
Subjects: Learning, Musicians & conductors, School districts, Secondary schools, Students
...that they can catch up." For Michael Pelayo, mariachi offers a chance to shine as...with more energy," he says. Indeed, Pelayo had to tone down that high-energy style...that song when our group plays it." Pelayo hopes to continue studying mariachi in...
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An Anotomy of Racism
Magazine article by Roberto Marquiez; Report on the Americas, Vol. 25, 1992
Subjects: Latin America, Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Latin America
...of raceologist tracts which includes texts by such notables as Ernest Renan ( 1823- 1892 ), the Spaniard Marcelino Menendez Pelayo (1856-1912), the Argentines Domingo Faustino Sarmiento ( 1811-1888 ), Carlos Octavio Bunge ( 1875-1918 ), and Jose...
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When Reporters Get Too Close to Their Sources
Magazine article by Dan Bischof; News Media and the Law, Vol. 24, Fall 2000
Subjects: Jenoff, Leonard, Journalistic ethics, Murders & murder attempts, Neulander, Fred J, Phillips, Nancy, Reporters
...commentator for libel after the commentator published newspaper articles about the editors daughters criminal conviction. (Celle v. Pelayo) In upholding the jurys finding that the editor published with actual malice, the court said, "A reasonable juror - considering...
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Spanish Colonisation of North Africa Turned the City of Melilla into a Marvel of Modernisme and Art Nouveau, with a Wealth of Buildings Now Being Restored
Magazine article by Chris Hellier; The Architectural Review, Vol. 229, June 2011
Subjects: Architectural firms--Economic aspects, Architectural firms--Evaluation, Architectural practice--Economic aspects, Architectural practice--Evaluation, Architectural services--Economic aspects, Architectural services--Evaluation
...early buildings was the provocatively named La Reconquista department store building, which dominates the Plaza Menendez y Pelayo on Melillas main thoroughfare. (La Reconquista refers to the period of 700 years when Christian kingdoms pushed the Moors...
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newspaper articles on: Pelayo  - 389 results

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List of Nursing Board Passers 'P'
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 2, 2009
...ANNE MERCADO PELAGIO, ROSE ANN VALENCIA PELARADA, RENE ANTHONY BALDO PELARION, CARESSA CHUA PELAYO, ANGELIKA MERCADO PELAYO, GRACE ANNE ALVAREZ PELAYO, JOSELITO SUALOG PELAYO, KRISTINE MARIE ACEDO PELAYO, LEA PITOS PELAYO, LYKA JOY QUIJARDO...
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Bensenville Hispanic Council in Danger of Folding
Newspaper article by Deborah Kadin; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 9, 2000
...providing services on May 31, said Luis Pelayo, the councils founder and director...because it wants to remain independent, Pelayo said. The organization already has spent...services without an infusion of cash, said Pelayo, who makes $11,000 a year as director...
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A Chance to Vote, but Few Takers Less Than 0.5 Percent of Eligible Mexican Voters in the U.S. Have Registered to Elect Mexico's Next President
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 19, 2006
Subjects: Perez, Francisco
...strategies," Ballados said. But Luis Pelayo, president of the Bensenville-based...a citizen has to pay to vote," said Pelayo, a dual U.S.-Mexico citizen whos...the holidays on their minds, Saenz and Pelayo said. Most agree that Mexicos long history...
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Eugene Family Dances into National Photography Project 'America at Home'
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), June 22, 2008
Subjects: Photography
...structure built by their father, Fernando Pelayo. "It kind of shows our culture and how we live," says Pelayo, 39, who came to California from the...photography books. Lanker discovered the Pelayo family at a publicity event for the Fiesta...
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CIAC Board to Support Food Hub at Freeport
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, June 18, 2010
...Mangio has assured Candaba Mayor Jerry Pelayo of full support in his bid to transform...that the CIAC Board, after meeting with Pelayo last Tuesday, has been convinced that...Luzon. Under the program initiated by Pelayo, idle land inside the Civil Aviation...
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encyclopedia articles on: Pelayo  - 8 results

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Pelayo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PELAYO pala yo, d. 737, first king (c.718 737) of Asturias. He was elected...beginning of Christian resistance to the Moorish conquerors. Accounts of Pelayo are largely legendary. ____________________ Copyright...
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MenÉndez Y Pelayo, Marcelino
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MENENDEZ Y PELAYO, MARCELINO marthale no manan deth e pala yo, 1856 1912, Spanish literary historian and critic. His vast contribution to Spanish...
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Spain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Visigothic Spain, became the focus of the Christian reconquest. The rulers of Asturias, who were descended from the semilegendary Pelayo , conquered large territories in NW Spain and consolidated them with Asturias as the kingdom of Leon. Navarre, under a branch...
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Asturias
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the peninsula, Christian nobles fled into the Asturian mountains. They created the first Christian kingdom of Spain (see Pelayo ) and defended themselves at the battle of Covadonga . From Asturias came the Christian reconquest of Spain, as the successors...
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Spanish Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...outbreak of the civil war. Criticism, which had flourished at the turn of the century under the erudite Marcelino Menendez y Pelayo , reached new heights in the works of the distinguished medievalist Ramon Menendez Pidal . The humorist Ramon Gomez de la Serna...
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