Las Cruzadas

Esta obra es una aproximación a la realidad social y económica de la España cristiana medieval, la cual se nos presenta como un cambiante y complejo espacio en expansión. Los autores de este documentado trabajo han sido conscientes de que bajo las generalizadoras expresiones de “economía” y “sociedad” es posible abordar los temas más variados. Por eso el criterio de selección informativa ha sido estricto, y se ha articulado alrededor de tres problemas fundamentales. El primero es el que se refiere al marco territorial en el que se desenvuelve el elemento humano, la realidad...

Los nacionalismos vasco y catalán, complicado el primero con el terrorismo, constituyen sin duda el reto más arduo y complejo que se presenta a la España democrática en estos principios del siglo XXI. A pesar de ello son muy poco conocidas del público en general, incluso del público culto, las ideas de esos nacionalismos, su evolución histórica y aspiraciones reales. Esta falta de información afecta también a gran parte de los propios nacionalistas. De ahí que las impresiones y opiniones más extendidas al respecto sean a menudo infundadas o contradictorias. Se han publicado...

This book deals with the evangelization of Spanish-speaking America between the European conquest and independence. The study investigates the concepts and strategies of catechesis, the general conditions of Church law and national politics as well as the prerequisites and conditions on the part of the Indians. New and specific forms of mutual understanding, of mediation and resistance developed through the transfer of European knowledge to a second geographical area and through the contact of cultures and religions. These new forms evolved beyond the sphere of religion and determine cultural ...

High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By...

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