La conversión de los indios de Nueva España

«Me lavo las manos», dijo Poncio Pilatos; Luis XI de Francia afirmó: «Divide y vencerás»; Benjamin Franklin sostuvo que «El tiempo es dinero », y Einstein tenía claro –relativamente, por supuesto– que «Dios no juega a los dados». Todo el mundo ha oído, empleado o leído alguna vez estas frases, y otras como «Conócete a ti mismo», «Sólo sé que no sé nada», «El Estado soy yo» o «El eje del mal». Pero ¿en qué contexto histórico fueron dichas? ¿Quién las pronunció? ¿Qué significaron?Este libro invita a un viaje diferente a través de la historia mundial:...

Guardia personal del rey, cuerpo de élite de la caballería del ejército que luchaba contra Granada, mercenarios al servicio de la corona castellana o eventuales espía... Todas estas definiciones pueden asociarse a los hombres cuya historia se escribe en este volumen, pero en ellas falta el elemento clave de su excepcionalidad: eran musulmanes.

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High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By...