Nuevos Misterios de la Historia

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...

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Se da la paradoja, en nuestros días, de que nunca ha habido más controversia en torno a la historia, o incluso obsesión por ella, para deformarla, negarla o reinterpretarla; en relación con los monumentos históricos y el contenido de los libros de texto; en forma de proliferación de comisiones de la verdad, museos y exposiciones, y sin embargo nunca ha habido menos inquietud por la "verdad histórica". La historia se ha convertido en nuestros días en un instrumento que cada cual moldea y esgrime a su conveniencia con el fin de blanquear o dar una pátina de seriedad a motivos muy a...

Libro azul de Colombia. Blue book of Colombia. Bosquejos biograficos de los personajes mas eminentes. Biographical sketches of the most prominent personages. Historia condensada de la republica. Abridged history of the republic. Articulos especiales sobre el Comercio, Agricultura y Riqueza Mineral, basados en las Estadisticas Oficiales. Special articles relative to Commerce, Agriculture and Mineral Wealth, based on Official Statistics.