Diary of a Guerrilla

Cuarenta pasajes de la historia de España, que comienzan con los Tartesos, en los que se confunden la leyenda, el mito y la realidad, con la guerra de Cuba y el Desastre de 1898. Historias, biografías, acontecimientos, batallas y anécdotas contados con cariño y amenidad por un joven periodista. Fernando Díaz se ocupa de el sitio de Numancia por los romanos, los reyes Fernando III el Santo y Jaime el Conquistador, el Gran Capitán y la fundación de los Tercios Españoles, la capitalidad en Madrid, la Constitución de 1812, la República relámpago...

J.R.S. Phillips muestra de manera detallada el alcance de la expansi n medieval europea entre los a os 1000 y 1500, sus ra ces en las ideas cl sicas del mundo, y c mo stas promovieron los famosos viajes del Renacimiento. Asimismo, examina algunos de los mitos que eran corrientes en Europa antes del a o 1500, y algunos de los que han surgido desde entonces, como el mapa de Vinland.

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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...