Crónicas del oro y la plata americanos

Como aficionado a la historia de las riquezas trasladadas a España durante el régimen colonial, acerca de lo cual he publicado dos obras, tengo un amplio archivo sobre el tema de los Galeones y conozco el camino para llegar a las actitudes y alegaciones de quienes, a ambos lados del Atlántico, se creen dueños del San José. Mi curiosidad me ha llevado a entrar en algunas estancias adicionales, como la Carrera de Indias, la vida a bordo del Galeón, la minería en los Andes bolivianos, las tecnologías de vanguardia para la exploración submarina, los tratados internacionales, y los...

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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...

Springfield Township, Montgomery County, adjoins the city of Philadelphia on its northern border. The township's six-plus square miles, originally established as "Penn's Manor of Springfield," was a gift from William Penn to his wife, Gulielma Maria Springett, c. 1681. This historic township was home to a major stagecoach line and its associated taverns and inns, considerable activity during the Revolutionary War, summertime residences of Philadelphia's wealthy, and subsequent post-World War II development as a burgeoning community just over the Philadelphia border. Springfield Township's...