Enigmas de las Américas

These papers are centered on the Crown of Aragon in the later Middle Ages, its achievements (the more remarkable given the very evident problems with which it was beset), and especially on its role in the Mediterranean. Hence the emphasis on Majorca, its leading intellectual figure, Ramon Lull (1232-1316), and his influence, and related to these the article on Thomas Aquinas. Other studies deal with the relations of Christians and Jews in Majorca, down to the Expulsion from Spain. In these papers Professor Hillgarth seeks to investigate the transmission of learning and how what is transmitted ...

[Italiano]: Il libro è il primo risultato di un progetto di ricerca interdisciplinare e internazionale sui disastri di origine naturale verificatisi nei territori governati dalle monarchie borboniche tra il XVIII secolo e l’inizio del XIX. I dodici saggi che lo compongono esplorano le strategie e le pratiche attraverso cui istituzioni e società cercarono di gestire, mitigare e prevenire gli effetti catastrofici di eruzioni, terremoti, inondazioni, carestie ed epidemie, in territori geograficamente lontani e diversi tra loro – dal Mediterraneo occidentale all’America centrale e...

La vida cotidiana en la época de Sor Juana. Alrededor de 1664 llegó a la ciudad de México Juana Ramírez de Asbaje; sus ojos de adolescente se asombraron ante el bullicio y la animación de la ciudad más importante del continente americano. Hacia esa época, la urbe novohispana se perfilaba también como la Atenas de América, pues numerosos intelectuales, científicos y artistas la habitaban. Un público culto leía libros gracias a las varias imprentas que tenía la ciudad, y los pintores, escultores y arquitectos llenaban el espacio urbano con hermosos edificios ricamente decorados. En ...

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