Conflictos sociales e insurrección en el mundo colonial andino

Este estudio pretende hacer algunas reflexiones sobre la vida y la obra literaria del utuadeño Francisco Ramos Sánchez (don Pacho Ramos).

A study of monetary circulation in the south of the Iberian Peninsula during the Roman occupation prior to the Augustan reforms. The study looks both at the coinage and its wider dispersal and implications.

Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

Quetzalcóatl, Alejandro Magno, Emiliano Zapata, Inkarrí, Beltrán de Born, Nezahualcóyotl, Cong Hoy y Miguel Hidalgo se cuentan entre las complejas figuras heroicas analizadas en este volumen. La idea de reflexionar sobre el tema «El héroe entre el mito y la historia», en un coloquio organizado por Federico Navarrete y Guilhem Olivier del cual proceden los textos reunidos en este volumen, surgió del interés que, desde hace algunos años, vuelven a despertar las figuras heroicas. La participación de 16 especialistas de disciplinas diferentes -historia, historia del arte,...