General de división José María Córdova

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Perhaps the opening paragraph from Paul Larson¿s (Baylor University) prologue to the Epistola ad Mahomatem II summarizes what this new Scripta Humanistica volume has to offer to readers of literature and history alike: ¿This new scholarly edition certainly begs the question: how can a fifteenth century letter from the then Pope Pius II to the Muslim conqueror of Constantinople have any relevance for contemporary scholars and students in the early 21st century? Embroiled as we are in chaotic and tumultuous religious and political conflict in Europe and the Middle East, perhaps the answer is...

La llamada Transicion espanola (1973-1986) no es solamente un rico anecdotario, un conjunto de secretos politicos mas o menos sorprendentes y una galeria de personajes providenciales. Este libro la ve como un complejo y colectivo &la" aprendizaje de la libertad que arrancaba de atras, por supuesto, y que en muy pocos anos cambio la faz del pais. Recordando sus hechos y nombres pero, sobre todo, interpretando tendencias y sentidos, los dos autores de este libro se proponen una vision de conjunto del periodo: Santos Julia ha estudiado la configuracion de una nueva conciencia politica e...