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Carlos III (1716-1788) es el representante más destacado del Grand Tour, compendio de la alta cultura europea del Siglo de las Luces, según lo atestigua su viaje a Italia, en 1731, para hacerse cargo del ducado de Parma, ser proclamado en Florencia príncipe heredero de Toscana y hacer una entrada apoteósica en Roma después de fundar el reino de las Dos Sicilias, donde patrocinará las excavaciones de Herculano y Pompeya poniendo así las bases a la arqueología científica y al gusto neoclásico que imperará en la Europa de finales del siglo XVIII y buena parte del XIX. Al dejar Italia...

Bringing the everyday lives of everyday people into the spotlight, each one of the titles in this series takes a look at the day-to-day details of ancient civilizations and their time periods. They also offer insight into daily chores, family structures, and the practice of religion. Through these pages, today's readers can see the everyday details that have managed to survive space and time. Reflejando la vida cotidiana de la gente común, cada uno de los títulos de la colección intenta rescatar las particularidades de los pueblos de la antigüedad y de los períodos históricos que hoy...

This book pf Professor Allan R. Brewer-Carías, is a recollection of his Speeches and Lectures delivered on matters of History and Constitutionalism, between 1986 and 2026, before the Consejo de Estado of Spain, and before four Spanish Academies: (the Academia de la Historia y Arte de San Quirce of Segovia, the Real Academia Valenciana de Jurisprudencia y Legislación of Valencia, the Real Academia de Legislación y Jurisprudencia de Madrid, and Real Academia Hispano Americana de Ciencias, Artes y Letras of Cádiz. The book also includes his Speeches given on the occasion of receiving doctor...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...