El ángel de Budapest

Excerpt from Cronica Catalana de Ramon Muntaner: Texto Original y Traduccion Castellana, Acompanada de Numerosas Notas Aun cuando la potencia conocida por Corona de Aragon llevaba el titulo de una antigua soberania o reino, en cuyo territorio se hablaba el castellano, y habia estado unido, en otro tiempo, con la monarquia de Castilla; cn todo, la tal Crona debia llamarse asi por haberse constituido con la unin de aquel antiguo reino y el condad de Barcelona; de modo que la potencia federativa formada por un condado y un reino no podia tomar el primero de ests titulos sin rebajar el segundo ni ...

Un libro que recrea como ninguno la verdadera mentalidad de la Europa medieval. Montaillou, aldea del sudoeste francés, fue hogar, durante el siglo XIV, de un buen número de inconformistas, herejes cátaros. Jacques Fournier, obispo del lugar (y futuro Papa de Aviñón), los persiguió e interrogó implacablemente hasta desenterrar la intimidad cotidiana, los dramas personales y, en definitiva, todos los secretos de la zona. Los extraordinarios escritos resultantes fueron interpretados, seiscientos cincuenta años después, por el historiador Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie a la luz de la...

A bestselling historian recounts the epic clash that ended the Renaissance and pushed Islam to the gates of Vienna In Warriors of God and Dogs of God, James Reston, Jr., brought two epochal events in the struggle between Islam and Christendom to readers eager to understand the roots of the present-day conflict. With his unwavering eye for detail, Reston now weaves a captivating narrative that examines a pivotal period in that centuries- long war, which found Europe at its most vulnerable and Islam on the attack. This saga of colliding worlds is propelled by two astonishing young...

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