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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...

En el primer libro de la colección se compilan una serie de artículos que abordan, desde distintas perspectivas, algunos de los enigmas que aquella geografía especulativa planteó a los expedicionarios, que buscaron resolverlos con sus sorprendentes viajes, en los que se conjugaban los intereses, ambiciones, ilusiones, imaginarios, mentiras y conocimientos que con tanto cuidado luego fueron registrados en los maravillosos mapas producidos a partir del siglo XVI. Cada artículo del libro refleja lo que es la cartografía, la convergencia de disciplinas, miradas e interpretaciones de...

Le héros des romans de Chrétien de Troyes est un 'chevalier', ce qui suppose, au Moyen Âge, toute une série de qualités d'ordre et moral et social, qui le différencient du reste et qui le situent à l'intérieur de l'élite de son monde. On pourrait même ajouter que le chevalier a un désir de transformation qui vise le perfectionnement personnel, et que ce désir le définit d'une certaine façon. Mais, avant toute chose, on est 'chevalier' quand 'on combat à cheval', et, sans aucun doute, l'essence du chevalier est intimement liée à sa monture. Le cheval définit le héros, non...