El rey ahogado

Leading theater historians and practitioners map a theatrical history that moves from the religious tropes of Medieval Iberia to the postmodern practices of twenty-first-century Spain. Considering work across the different languages of Spain, from vernacular Latin to Catalan, Galician and Basque, this history engages with the work of actors and directors, designers and publishers, agents and impresarios, and architects and ensembles, in indicating the ways in which theater has both commented on and intervened in the major debates and issues of the day. Chapters consider paratheatrical...

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Hong Kong - one of the world's most exciting and colourful cities. The Triads - violent, secretive and totally ruthless, their Hong Kong is a city no tourist dare visit. The Jade Women - famed for their beauty, they possess charms few men can resist... Which proves to be a highly combustible mix for Lovejoy - East Anglia's hottest antique dealer - on the run from some sticky problems back home. But for someone with no money and no passport, Hong Kong can be an alarmingly dangerous place. Especially when the Triads get involved and Lovejoy finds himself caught up in their dangerous world of...

Ícono de la pobreza y el amor a todos los seres que pueblan la Tierra, la vida de Francisco de Asís describió una tumultuosa parábola desde su infancia como hijo de un comerciante acaudalado y su juventud como soldado mercenario, a la conversión religiosa que en la madurez lo llevó a fundar la orden que llevaría su nombre. Nacido en 1182 entre riquezas y comodidades, Francisco tenía un destino de privilegio en medio de la dura realidad que enfrentaba gran parte de la sociedad medieval. Pero mientras otros aceptaban la estratificación social como inevitable, él sentía la necesidad...