Etapas reivindicativas de la teoría nacional catalana

El imperio bizantino aún suele contemplarse como la historia de una decadencia, a pesar de que su vida se prolongará durante casi 1.200 años. Sin embargo, este libro breve pero exhaustivo demuestra que Bizancio sufrió un singular ciclo de crisis y posteriores florecimientos durante los cuales su historia política, militar, económica, social y cultural tomó con frecuencia cursos dispares. Las causas de tales oscilaciones se hallarían tanto en la dinámica subyacente como en decisiones tomadas por personalidades específicas, entre ellas numerosos emperadores del período. El autor...

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The riveting story of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage—now updated with a new introduction commemorating the 500th anniversary of his journey. “Prodigious research, sure-footed prose and vivid descriptions make for a thoroughly satisfying account... it is all here in the wondrous detail, a first-rate historical page turner.”— New York Times Book Review Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning...

La novela ideológica nació tras el fracaso de la revolución liberal. El género se desarrolló en los primeros años de la Restauración, 1875 y 1880, y cuenta con dos tendencias ideológicas rivales: una, reaccionaria, representada por Alarcón y Pereda, y otra, liberal, en la obra de Galdós.