Expedicion a Los Mundos Perdidos

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A través del diálogo entre la historia económica y urbana y la historia cortesana, las contribuciones reunidas en este volumen pretenden profundizar en el conocimiento de las relaciones materiales y económicas que mantuvieron las ciudades y las cortes cristianas de la Península Ibérica, entre los siglos XIV y XV. A finales de la Edad Media, aquellas cortes solían ser itinerantes: a lo largo del año, visitaban y se alojaban tanto en pequeños centros urbanos como en ciudades, donde no siempre disponían de un palacio propio. Viajes y estancias que suponían una contínua demanda de...

En esta fascinante guía usted descubrirá por qué los mayas han alcanzado tal admiración alrededor del mundo por encima de las muchas otras civilizaciones que existieron en Mesoamérica en aquel tiempo

A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore. In these pages, Robert Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal cathedral to a postmodern restaurant with a glass-walled urinal. The result is a work filled with the attributes of Barcelona itself: proportion, humor, and seny—the Catalan word for triumphant common...