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Esta edición de sesenta y nueve cartas inéditas conservadas en el Archivo General de Simancas, la Biblioteca Nacional de España y la Real Biblioteca de Madrid permite arrojar nueva luz sobre los vínculos y conflictos de la aristocracia y el alto clero de la isla de Cerdeña con las cortes de Carlos V y Felipe II. Esta correspondencia, intercambiada entre Jerónimo de Aragall, Antioco Bellit, Jaime Montanyans, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle y otros destacados personajes de mediados del siglo XVI, comprende el periodo entre 1541 y 1570.

El Escorial is more than a monument to the zeal of Spain’s Catholicism; it is also a symbol of Spain at its imperial apogee. This imposing, granite edifice was built by King Philip II to celebrate Spain’s victory over the French at Saint-Quentin on August 10, 1557. Paid for with New-World gold, this sprawling monastery-palace is laid out in a vast grid of corridors and courtyards. At its heart is the austere Doric basilica of San Lorenzo el Real - beneath which are the remains of eleven Spanish kings, including Philip. The story of this fascinating, enduring symbol of Spain’s monarchy...

Tanto en la "cultura popular" como en el mundo letrado, México es determinante en las concepciones acerca de América Latina existentes en Estados Unidos. Por ende, su historiografía en torno a México constituye un lugar privilegiado para explorar los "imaginarios históricos" sobre América Latina en dicho país. Tales imaginarios adquirieron novedosas connotaciones hacia la década de 1960 debido al cambio de paradigmas políticos y culturales, que incidió de formas complejas sobre el mundo intelectual, por lo cual la historiografía estadunidense sobre México comprende un espectro de...

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