Teofilo Ruiz

Teofilo Ruiz teaches medieval history at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has written a number of books including A Social History of Spain, 1400-1600 (Longman, 2001), From Heaven to Earth: the reordering of Castilian Society in the Late Middle Ages (Princeton University Press, 2004), The Terror of History (Princeton, 2011) and A King Travels (Princeton, 2012). In February 2012, he was awarded the 2011 National Humanities Medal for his erudite studies and inspired teaching and writing.

The California recall election: Say it aint so!

My first reaction to the results of the California recall election was one of utter dismay and outrage. How could the most Democratic state in the United States with an

By Teofilo Ruiz

/ 9 Oct 2003

Justice and democracy will prevail

Writing under the immediate impression of Tuesday’s events is perhaps not the best way to gauge one’s own feelings or understanding of the meaning of this attack on

By Teofilo Ruiz

/ 12 Sep 2001

Teofilo Ruiz

The California recall election: Say it ain&#146;t so!

Justice and democracy will prevail

The California recall election: Say it aint so!