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"Thorough study of the cathedral cabildo--the ruling body of the Episcopal church--in the important diocesis of Michoacán. Covers the entire colonial period. The cabildo is analyzed as a collegiate body aware of its historical identity, its responsibilities and duties, and its relationship with the bishop. Traces important nuances in the evolution of this body. Sustained by strong archival research, this is a commendable history of a key part of the secular church"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

En la primavera de 1839, tropas británicas invadían por primera vez Afganistán para exorcizar la fantasmal amenaza rusa sobre la India que angustiaba a políticos incompetentes y entusiasmaba a lobistas sin escrúpulos y que se vino a definir como El Gran Juego. Encabezados por emperifollados lanceros con casacas escarlata y chacós emplumados, cerca de 20 000 soldados de la Compañía Británica de las Indias Orientales cruzaron los pasos de alta montaña y restablecieron en el trono al Shah Shuja al-Mulk, dando comienzo a la Primera Guerra Anglo-Afgana (1839-1842). La barbarie de la...

Los artículos que integran este volumen dan testimonio de fuentes que habían sido desdeñadas y de búsquedas de sentimientos habitualmente ignorados. En esta nueva nave de los locos en la que nos hemos embarcado ahora, caben por igual los modestos vecinos de un complejo multifamiliar y las testas mitradas de quienes ostentaron el poder de la Iglesia; nos sorprenden las debilidades humanas y nos identificamos con las calamidades y los conflictos. Es la historia que nos resulta familiar porque trata de vidas comunes y del acontecer de todos los días.

Title: Covadonga. Tradiciones, historias y leyendas. [With plates.] Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The HISTORY OF EUROPE collection...

We Spaniards are the people that have done the most in the history of humanity, even shaping the world we inhabit. But also the people most ashamed of their triumphs, their achievements, their victories and their discoveries. The authors dismantle the most controversial elements of the Black Legend, both the traditional one - the Inquisition, the expulsion of the Jews, the conquest of America, the scientific and cultural backwardness, slavery - and the one renewed by the work of the nazionalisms.