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Se analizan las distintas opciones vitales ofrecidas a las mujeres sevillanas de fines de la Edad Media e inicios de la Modernidad. Un mundo diverso y complejo formado por una serie de posibilidades que pasan por el matrimonio, las relaciones extramaritales, las modalidades de la religiosidad laica y el ingreso en una orden monástica o conventual.

Un libro revelador sobre un destino bello, en peligro y tan ajeno a la cultura nacional, pese a ser parte del territorio Libro que narra la historia y memoria del pueblo rapanui a partir de la documentación consultada en una decena de archivos, de una amplia bibliografía y de numerosos testimonios. Entre el material inédito más relevante destaca la correspondencia del sacerdote capuchino alemán Sebastián Englert, destinado en la isla desde 1935, que da cuenta de la continuidad y de los cambios en la isla a lo largo de las décadas centrales del siglo XX. Hace 130 años, los jefes...

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Seventeen Egyptologists and archaeologists probe the most compelling mysteries of ancient Egypt in this illustrated collection of 70 brief essays. Answers to age-old questions about Egyptian burial rituals, architecture, and royalty are provided, and recent discoveries are discussed—evidence that Tutankhamen was murdered, boats buried intact deep in the desert beside the tombs of the earliest kings, unexplained shafts inside the Great Pyramids aligned with the stars, and a massive mausoleum built for the many sons of Ramses II. The essays are supplemented with evocative photographs,...