JAMES M. ANDERSON is Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary, Canada. He has spent many years in Spain, Portugal and France both as a Fulbright Scholar and as the recipient of Canada Council and SSHRC grants, contributing numerous articles and books to the field of European studies. He is author of 13 books, including The History of Portugal (Greenwood, 2000), Daily Life during the Spanish Inquisition (Greenwood, 2002) and The Spanish Civil War (Greenwood, 2003).