Conflictos sociales e insurrección en el mundo colonial andino

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Volumen que ofrece la primera edición crítica de la descripción de la ciudad de Verona escrita en latín por el juriconsulto y cronista local Torello Saraina, publicada en 1540. Una obra que responde al modelo de "laudatio urbis" establecido por Quintiliano. Escrita en forma de diálogo, los interlocutores son, además de Saraina, personajes pertenecientes a nobles y ricas familias veronesas, quienes recorren en varias jornadas la ciudad, desplegando una amable erudición junto al pintor y amante de las antigüedades (arqueólogo) Giovanni Carotto (1488-1566), a quien se deben las 30...

The riveting story of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage—now updated with a new introduction commemorating the 500th anniversary of his journey. “Prodigious research, sure-footed prose and vivid descriptions make for a thoroughly satisfying account... it is all here in the wondrous detail, a first-rate historical page turner.”— New York Times Book Review Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning...

La División Azul es quizá la más famosa de todas las divisiones que participaron en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y desprende cierta aureola romántica. En este libro se analiza qué significó su participación en el gran conflicto europeo y se estudian su form