Tesoros De México

Con ayuda de funcionarios de la Corona y jerarcas del clero espa ol, los jesuitas crearon una econom a s lida basada en la explotaci n agr cola y ganadera de la hacienda de Santa Luc a, una de las m s pr speras y extensas del periodo colonial mexicano, y cuya historia se ofrece en este libro.

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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...

¡Quién hubiera podido decirle entonces al joven nacionalista Carlo Buonaparte, cuando luchaba en la montaña corsa por la independencia de su patria, al lado de Paoli, que aquel segundo fruto que Letizia Ramolino llevaba en su vientre, siguiendo a su marido por riscos y peñascos, iba un día a dominar Europa. Vino la derrota y con ella la reflexión; Carlo asentó la cabeza y, de regreso a Ajaccio, allí nacerán el resto de sus hijos. Y llegó aquella revolución venida de Francia, ya muerto el padre. La ambigüedad de los Buonaparte, acabó obligándolos a abandonar la isla, perseguidos...