Real Academia de la Historia
| Royal Academy of History | |
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| Native name: Spanish: Real Academia de la Historia  |
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| Location: | Madrid, Spain |
| Coordinates: | 40°24′48″N 3°41′56″W / 40.413466°N 3.698992°WCoordinates: 40°24′48″N 3°41′56″W / 40.413466°N 3.698992°W |
| Official name: Real Academia de la Historia | |
| Type: | Non-movable |
| Criteria: | Monument |
| Designated: | 1945[1] |
| Reference #: | RI-51-0001170 |
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Real Academia de la Historia (in English: Royal Academy of History) is a Spanish institution based in Madrid that studies history "ancient and modern, political, civil, ecclesiastical, military, scientific, of letters and arts, that is to say, the different branches of life, of civilisation, and of the culture of the Spanish people".
The Academy was established in 1738. Since 1836 it has occupied an 18th-century building designed by the neoclassical architect Juan de Villanueva. Some Spanish historians consider it an obsolete misogynist institution, without any authority, and that still considers history as a matter of kings and battles.[2][3]
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[edit] Biographical dictionary
In 2011 the Academy published the first 20 volumes of a dictionary of national biography, the Diccionario Biográfico Español, to which some five thousand historians contributed. The publicly-funded publication has been subject of controversy for failing to achieve the standards of objectivity associated with, for example, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The historian Henry Kamen has argued that it was a mistake to include living figures among the entries.[4] However the main allegations of bias concern articles relating to Francoist Spain, notably the entry on Francisco Franco, in which he is defined as an autocratic head of state rather than a dictator.[5][2] In contrast, the administration of the democratically elected President Negrin is described as dictatorial.[6]
The dictionary sparked an outcry. Most objections came from voices on the left such as the party United Left and the newspaper Público:[6] for his part, Green party senator Joan Saura asked for publication of the dictionary to be stopped and the offending volumes withdrawn.[7]. There was also a call for corrections from the Ministry of Education. The Academy announced in June 2011 that amendments would be made to the text on line and in future paper editions.[8]
[edit] Collections
As formerly the main Spanish institution for antiquaries, the Academy retains significant libraries and collections of antiquities. The keeper of antiquities is the prehistorian Martín Almagro Gorbea.
Items held include:
- The Glosas Emilianenses
- The Roda Codex
- The Missorium of Theodosius I, a large ceremonial silver dish, probably made in Constantinople for the tenth anniversary (decennalia) in 388 of the reign of the Emperor Theodosius I, the last Emperor to rule both the Eastern and Western Empires. It is one of the best surviving examples of Late Antique Imperial imagery and one of finest examples of late Roman goldsmith work.
[edit] Members
The Real Academia de la Historia is composed of 36 members, with Academic Correspondents covering all the provinces of Spain and the rest of the world, taking the actual number to 370 (2006). The members of the Academy are (after the number of chair):
- Vicente Pérez Moreda
- Hugo O'Donnell, 7th Duke of Tetuan
- Francisco Rodríguez Adrados
- Luis Suárez Fernández
- Guillermo Céspedes del Castillo
- José Ángel Sánchez Asiaín
- Josefina Gómez Mendoza
- Julio Valdeón Baruque
- Joaquín Vallvé Bermejo
- Luis Miguel Enciso Recio
- Martín Almagro Gorbea
- Carlos Seco Serrano
- José María Blázquez Martínez
- Manuel Jesús González González
- Gonzalo Anes y Álvarez de Castrillón (Director de la Academia)
- Antonio Cañizares Llovera
- José Alcalá-Zamora y Queipo de Llano
- José Antonio Escudero López
- Luis Ribot
- Fernando Díaz Esteban
- Vacant
- Juan Vernet Ginés
- Mª del Carmen Iglesias Cano
- Vacant
- Miguel Ángel Ladero Quesada
- Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez
- Miguel Ángel Ochoa Brun
- Manuel Fernández Álvarez
- José Manuel Pita Andrade
- Carmen Sanz Ayán
- Faustino Menéndez Pidal de Navascués
- Carlos Martínez Shaw
- Eloy Benito Ruano
- Miguel Artola Gallego
- Vicente Palacio Atard
- Luis Agustín García Moreno
[edit] Academic Correspondents
Notable Academic Correspondents of the Academy include -
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Database of protected buildings (movable and non-movable) of the Ministry of Culture of Spain
- ^ a b Marcos, J. M. and CORROTO, P. and JAÉN, B. GARCÍA Los historiadores se alarman ante la hagiografía de Franco in Publico, 30/05/2011
- ^ María Pilar Queralt del Hierro, Mujer, historia y Academia: incompatibles para Gonzalo Anes
- ^ Henry Kamen, La ideología política y el Diccionario Biográfico'
- ^ Natalia Junquera (2011), Francoism isn't over in Spain, El País (English edition)
- ^ a b La Real Academia de la Historia 'no corregirá' la polémica biografía de Franco, El Mundo
- ^ ICV insta a retirar los primeros 25 tomos del Diccionario Biográfico in Publico, 30/05/2011
- ^ La Academia de Historia corregirá la entrada de Franco..., ABC
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