Secretos medievales

«El feliz encuentro de una novelista en estado de gracia con un reformador, lleno de aristas, que quiso adelantarse a su tiempo y fracasó.» Marcos Giralt Torrente Un libro maravilloso e inclasificable en el que Carmen Martín Gaite, fascinada por el personaje y basándose en años de paciente labor en archivos, rastreó y contó con gran ingenio el enredado proceso seguido por la Inquisición a Melchor de Macanaz (1670-1760). La peripecia vital de este pensador tenaz, su progreso y caída en desgracia, muestra la fuerza que aún conservaba la Inquisición en pleno Siglo de las Luces, así...

En El robo de la historia el eminente antropólogo Jack Goody realiza una apasionada crítica del sesgo eurocéntrico y occidentalista presente en buena parte de los escritos de historia occidentales, y el consiguiente «robo» por parte de Occidente de los logros de otras culturas, sobre todo de la invención de la democracia, el capitalismo, el individualismo o el amor. Así, el autor examina en detalle a una serie de teóricos, como Karl Marx, Max Weber y Norbert Elias, y se enfrenta, con admiración crítica, a historiadores de la talla de Fernand Braudel, Moses I. Finley o Perry...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...