Anábasis de Alejandro Magno

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The...

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Los zapotecas vivieron, prosperaron y se convirtieron en una civilización de interés para los conquistadores. Siendo una de las civilizaciones más grandes de su tiempo en Mesoamérica, ayudaron a construir y darle forma al mundo con el que se encontraron los conquistadores a su llegada.

Este libro recoge las actas del XVIII Seminario anual del Master de Nobiliaria, Heráldica y Genealogía de la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia que se celebró en Madrid los días 10, 11 y 12 de mayo de 2022, en esta ocasión dedicado al Escudo de España. Como el lector podrá comprobar, se explican con riguroso método histórico-crítico los orígenes, evolución y simbolismo de los diversos componentes tradicionales del Escudo de España a lo largo de casi nueve siglos, desmitificando teorías fabulosas y ahistóricas que en tiempos pasados han oscurecido el verdadero...