Instituciones del Derecho Canonico...

En el marco de la celebración del quinto centenario del descubrimiento de América, la publicación del Códice Azoyú es un acontecimiento editorial sin precedentes. El facsímil está acompañado por un libro explicativo a cargo de la doctora Constanza Vega Sosa, en donde, con estricto apego al rigor histórico, nos presenta los aspectos más relevantes de la historia, entre 1300 y 1565, del reino tlapaneca de Tlachinollan, "lugar de los campos quemados", ubicado en la sierra Madre del Sur en el actual estado de Guerrero.

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A beautiful slipcase holds three volumes on the history of Bogota, making this resource an indispensable and fascinating documentary of Colombia's capital. The first two volumes that cover the conquest, colonialism, and the 19th century have been updated with fresh designs, while a completely new third volume covers the 20th century and includes the history of Bogota's expansion, the development of services and institutions, and the achievements and failures of more recent times. This lovely collection constitutes a legacy of obligatory reading for both its current and future inhabitants....

In the sixteenth century, in the eyes of the ruling class, land, arable land, remained the basis of all prosperity. As the dignitary rose in rank, he acquired the rights to more and larger areas of real estate. Theoretically, nobody was the owner of the land. The land belonged to the collective owner, calpulli, to public institutions such as temples, or to the city itself. There was no private ownership of the land, there was collective ownership with individual right of use.