La vida en la Edad Media

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Fray Tomás Gómez, docto monje cisterciense castellano, dejó escrita a su muerte una extensa memoria manuscrita en la que cuenta “los raros y nunca oídos sucesos” de su visita de inspección al real monasterio de Valldigna. El relato autobiográfico nos traslada a la Valencia de mediados del siglo XVII vista por un castellano viejo que se siente “en reino extraño”, menospreciado y acosado por los que se oponen a su misión. En este relato, asistimos a una lucha política por el control de los monasterios cistercienses de la Corona de Aragón, que enfrenta a dos importantes...

Una de las máximas preocupaciones de la sociedad occidental es la amenaza de un terrorismo cuyo principal objetivo es que la gente se sienta vulnerable. CHARLES TOWNSHEND desmenuza este fenómeno, ambiguo en su definición, alejándose de quienes consideran que el terrorismo no tiene causas, sólo consecuencias, y de que realizar un análisis del mismo supone comprensión o incluso compasión hacia los terroristas. TERRORISMO. UNA BREVE INTRODUCCIÓN desarrolla el tema desde la aparición del término en la época del Terror francesa, pasando por los atentados anarquistas que aplicaban «la...

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