The Nirex Collection: Diplomacy in revolution

El gran historiador inglés, Eric Hobsbawm, en su texto Rebeldes primitivos (1983, p. 264), califica la Violencia en Colombia como "la mayor movilización armada de campesinos (ya sea como guerrilleros, bandoleros o grupos de autodefensa) en la historia reciente del hemisferio occidental, con la posible excepción de determinados períodos de la Revolución mexicana". A partir de esta consideración, usando la categoría de bandolero social y explotando cientos de documentos del Archivo Germán Guzmán, el libro analiza el bandolerismo en Colombia durante la llamada Violencia tardía, aquel...

El Escorial is more than a monument to the zeal of Spain’s Catholicism; it is also a symbol of Spain at its imperial apogee. This imposing, granite edifice was built by King Philip II to celebrate Spain’s victory over the French at Saint-Quentin on August 10, 1557. Paid for with New-World gold, this sprawling monastery-palace is laid out in a vast grid of corridors and courtyards. At its heart is the austere Doric basilica of San Lorenzo el Real - beneath which are the remains of eleven Spanish kings, including Philip. The story of this fascinating, enduring symbol of Spain’s monarchy...

Este atlas para niños incluye mapas satelitales, fotografías y diagramas que nos permiten ver estado por estado un México diferente.

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 ...