Colombia. Bosquejo de su geografía tropical

Un erudito conocedor de la Campaña Nacional y su época, Iván Molina Jiménez, ofrece en este libro un conjunto actualizado de sus ensayos dedicados a este hecho medular de la historia patria. Una rica compilación de documentos y escritos testimoniales de la guerra, así como el análisis de los modos de relatar ese pasado dotan a La cicatriz gloriosa del peso de un notable estudio historiográfico.

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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...

El autor ofrece con una prosa ágil un verdadero tratado sobre la usura en la Edad Media cristiana, demostrando desde una nueva perspectiva la vinculación entre los campos de la economía y la religión, verdaderos pilares sobre los que descansaban las estructuras de la época. El usurero, tan odiado como imprescindible, está asociado con uno de los siete pecados capitales: la codicia. Aun durmiendo, su dinero le hace más rico, manifestándose así como un ladrón de tiempo. El usurero está irremediablemente condenado al infierno. Sin embargo, en vísperas del auge de los grandes...