Secretos medievales

Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

Recoge las declaraciones de cerca de doscientos testigos que presenciaron, oyeron de sus parientes o tomaron parte en el conflicto. Aparte de ello y del clima histórico que presenta de las luchas nobiliarias, el libro comprende también una descripción de las numerosas fortalezas gallegas que fueron derrocadas durante esas luchas. Es fuente indispensable para la comprensión de la historia gallega del siglo XV.

When looking at historical photographs of Guadalupe residents, one sees the faces that represent the area s unique and diverse past. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Chumash and mapped by Spanish explorers, Guadalupe was first named in the 1840s Mexican land grant honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, the title given to the Virgin Mary. Through the years, waves of immigrants made their way to Guadalupe to take advantage of the fertile soil and unique geographic features, the most prominent of which are the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, which contain some of the tallest sand dunes on Earth and have...

Mark Galeotti, uno de los mayores expertos en la Rusia contemporánea, analiza en este oportuno libro cómo Vladímir Putin ha remodelado su país a través de toda la serie de intervenciones militares en que se ha implicado, que incluye la devastadora invasión de Ucrania. Las guerras de Putin dibuja una visión general de los conflictos en los que Rusia se ha visto envuelta desde que Putin se convirtiese en primer ministro, y luego en presidente, desde la Primera Guerra de Chechenia hasta las dos incursiones militares en Georgia, su polémica intervención en la guerra civil Siria, la...

The papers from a 1997 Geneva conference on Pre-Colombian archaeology, including: Art rupestre et habitats préhistoriques au Mato Grosso; Panorama de l'archéozoologie au Brésil; Lithic technological analysis, preceramic period in Tablada de Lurin (ca 5500BP), Lima, Peru; La transición Paracas-Nasca en el Valle de Chincha; Dos ejemplos de ...