Las Hermanas

In this historical study, Lara Medina examines the early development and continuing influence of Las Hermanas, a feminist organization established in 1971 to counter the patriarchy and Eurocentrism of the U.S. Catholic Church. Lara Medina weaves archival research and oral interviews into a cohesive narrative that highlights the keen ethnic and political awareness among the movement's leaders and participants. Medina also illuminates the strides made by Las Hermanas in undermining and reorienting the male-dominated structure of both the Catholic ministry and the Chicano civil rights...

Prisciliano y el movimiento que se origino en torno a el perturbaron el occidente del imperio entre los siglos IV y VII, siendo el priscilianismo una de las principales herejias de la pars occidentis, y convirtiendose el heresiarca en una de las mas afamadas figuras del cristianismo, al acarrear la funesta gloria de ser el primer obispo juzgado y ejecutado por un tribunal civil. En el presente volumen, hemos analizado los datos que la arqueologia puede ofrecer a la hora de reconstruir la historia del priscilianismo y hemos abordado un analisis prosopografico para indagar acerca del status...

En noviembre de 1922, más de un siglo después de la localización de la primera tumba en el Valle de los Reyes y tras años de estudio, planificación y escrutinio del lugar, Howard Carter protagonizó el que a día de hoy sigue siendo el hallazgo arqueológico más importante de todos los tiempos, el de la tumba de Tutankamón. La relevancia de su descubrimiento estriba en el hecho de que, de las más de sesenta tumbas encontradas, ésta era la única que permanecía intacta. Repleta de tesoros, ropas, vasijas, momias y símbolos religiosos, permitía reconstruir la vida en el Egipto...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...