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Este libro recoge la historia de Vasconia, que engloba esencialmente los territorios de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco, la Comunidad Foral de Navarra y el País Vasco francés (Labourd, Baja Navarra y País de Soule). Estructurado en tres apartados - el político-institucional; el demográfico y social; y el referido a la cultura y la vida cotidiana.

These papers are centered on the Crown of Aragon in the later Middle Ages, its achievements (the more remarkable given the very evident problems with which it was beset), and especially on its role in the Mediterranean. Hence the emphasis on Majorca, its leading intellectual figure, Ramon Lull (1232-1316), and his influence, and related to these the article on Thomas Aquinas. Other studies deal with the relations of Christians and Jews in Majorca, down to the Expulsion from Spain. In these papers Professor Hillgarth seeks to investigate the transmission of learning and how what is transmitted ...

When Friar Diego Bringas penned his 1796–97 report on conditions in northwestern New Spain, he was imbued with an enthusiastic drive for reform. Hoping to gain the King of Spain’s support in improving the missionary program, Bringas set down a detailed history of all that had happened in the region since Father Kino’s day. His writings offer a valuable study of Spanish attempts to bring about cultural change among the Piman Indians. Daniel S. Matson and Bernard L. Fontana have translated the Bringas document and added an informative introduction, notes, and references. They analyze...

El tratado Stratagemata de Frontino es una colección de unos quinientos exempla que tratan sobre tácticas militares diversas, astucias, disciplina y hechos y dichos célebres de los grandes caudillos militares de la antigüedad. Esta variada casuística está dispuesta ordenadamente para servir de ayuda e inspiración a los capitanes antes, durante y después de la batalla, con un apartado dedicado al cerco de ciudades. Frontino hizo este trabajo extraordinario de recopilación como apéndice a un tratado militar teórico que se ha perdido. En él su autor nos dibuja un cuadro vivísimo y...