Crimen de Estado / State Crime

The book series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie, founded by Gustav Gröber in 1905, is among the most renowned publications in Romance Studies. It covers the entire field of Romance linguistics, including the national languages as well as the lesser studied Romance languages. The editors welcome submissions of high-quality monographs and collected volumes on all areas of linguistic research, on medieval literature and on textual criticism. The publication languages of the series are French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Romanian as well as German and English. Each...

This book focuses on luxonomics, or the economy of luxury in Roman times, and how its study is an element that is essential to understanding the history of the period. Organised in chronological order, the evolution of the luxury economy is divided into areas of consumption, production, and criticism.

¿A qué llamamos "globalización" y cuándo comenzó? La pregunta parece sencilla, porque desde los años noventa del siglo XX el término aparece como el único disponible para dar nombre a una época marcada por pautas de consumo, estilos de vida y modos de comunicación más o menos uniformes. Pero este consenso apurado oculta el potencial polémico del concepto. Los apóstoles de la globalización celebran el inicio de una nueva era de crecimiento y bienestar luego de la caída del bloque soviético. Los adversarios vislumbran la dominación global del gran capital en detrimento de la...

In this book, Manuel Fernández exposes some of the great chapters in the history of the Templars, exploring their great secrets and bringing to light little-referenced episodes, such as their connection with the Holy Grail and the knights of King Arthur, the existence of two factions within the Order and mysticism within the brotherhood.