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?...

Las sucesivas páginas de este libro nos permitirán iniciarnos en el conocimiento del devenir histórico de este joven municipio almeriense. El hecho de que su constitución como municipalidad date de 1984 no significa que carezca de una historia anterior. A través de sus hojas seguiremos de cerca la evolución de estas tierras, las cuales ya durante la prehistoria fueron ocupadas por pequeños grupos de agricultores; en la Edad Antigua soportaron el peso de una villa romana que formaba parte de la vía que unía Castulo con Malaca; durante la Edad Media los abrevaderos edificados en ellas, ...

El presente libro versa sobre la casa romana, forma y símbolo de un modo complejo de relación social, más allá de las características físicas y la morfología. Combinando los datos materiales y técnicos, propios de la arqueología, con la lectura de los escritores clásicos, el autor nos introduce en la vida cotidiana de la familia como célula básica de la sociedad. Imagen y palabra, fuentes literarias y cultura material colaboran así en la interpretación de la casa romana desde puntos de vista diferentes y complementarios. Una puesta al día de la arquitectura doméstica urbana,...

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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