1917

Panorámica general del mundo árabe e islámico en sus diversos aspectos a través de temas significativos como historia (al-Andalus), política contemporánea (conflicto árabe-israelí), sociedad (fundamentalismo, inmigración).

CUBA 1959 is a fictional novel written in the Spanish language that recounts the determination and success of a group of young Cubans resisting against Fidel Castro's takeover of the island on January 1, 1959. Their political organization, the Brigada de Accion Popular manages to escape Castro's vindictive militias, and form an insurgent government inside Cuban territory; from there on the novel embarks on a fast-paced, entertaining and suspenseful narrative. As the author says: "it could have made the difference". Readers, Cuban or not will enjoy this novel's creativity, action and profound...

These papers are centered on the Crown of Aragon in the later Middle Ages, its achievements (the more remarkable given the very evident problems with which it was beset), and especially on its role in the Mediterranean. Hence the emphasis on Majorca, its leading intellectual figure, Ramon Lull (1232-1316), and his influence, and related to these the article on Thomas Aquinas. Other studies deal with the relations of Christians and Jews in Majorca, down to the Expulsion from Spain. In these papers Professor Hillgarth seeks to investigate the transmission of learning and how what is transmitted ...

En 1910 la obra de los abogados Jesús María Henao y Gerardo Arrubla, Compendio de Historia de Colombia, ganó el concurso de Historia colombiana patrocinado por el ministerio de Instrucción Pública y desde 1911, realizado con motivo de la celebración del primer centenario de la Independencia de la corona española. Este texto ayudó a formar varias generaciones de colombianos, construyendo identidad nacional y nacionalismo mediante la difusión de la historia oficial basada en concepciones de ciudadanía que emanaban de las ideas del partido Conservador y las doctrinas de la iglesia...