Gallia e Hispania en el contexto de la presencia 'germánica' (ss. V-VII)

De las casi trescientas elecciones papales que se han dado en la historia, entre legítimas e ilegítimas, menos de una docena han tenido el resultado que se había pronosticado en la víspera. De vez en cuando esa historia de las elecciones de los papas ha sido enrevesada como una novela policíaca, dramática como una tragedia, fascinante como un relato de viajes, apasionada como una novela de aventuras. La elección de los papas se ha desarrollado de formas muy distintas: algunas se han hecho por aclamación del pueblo y otras han sido confiadas a unos pocos cardenales; ha habido...

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At the juncture of an Excan Tlahltoloyan invasion to Cholula, Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca engage in a violent war when disputing the love of goddess Victoria on the gladiatorial stone, who is manifested as the emissary and harbinger of the fifth sun destruction. Amid rituals and sacrifices, flowery warfare, and tzompantli, love blossoms and dies. The story is complemented by a chilling account of the Battle of Zacatecas and the Jerez fair, where Mexican traditions are illustrated and glorified.