El Vicario Apostolico Jacinto Vera, Lustro Definitorio En La Historia del Uruguay (1859-1863), Primera Parte

El destierro del Vicario Apostolico Jacinto Vera, debido a la destitucion del cura de la Iglesia Matriz. La composicion del conflicto, gracias a la labor diplomatica del nuncio Apostolico Mons. Marino Marini. El regreso de Vera a Montevideo con su eleccion al obispado.

Manuel Ignacio Silva Varela, un joven de 18 años, encendido por el espíritu patrio de la época –como muchos otros jóvenes– se apresuró a enrolarse en el ejército de Chile para participar en la Guerra del Pacífico. En un arrebato juvenil, se alistó como simple soldado, pudiendo haberlo hecho en calidad de oficial debido a sus antecedentes y su formación. Poco después se arrepintió profundamente, por lo que intentó por todos los medios –especialmente a través de las influencias familiares– ser ascendido a oficial. Si bien tardó bastante en lograrlo, finalmente lo...

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 ...

"Siena: City of Secrets" is a charming, intimate portrait of this most secretive of cities, often overlooked by travelers to Italy. Part cultural history and intellectual memoir, part travelogue and guide book, Tylus writes with a novelist s flair, taking the reader on a quest of discovery through the well- and not-so-well-travelled roads and alleys of the ancient city. Today, Siena can appear on the surface standoffish, a bit static, and very old-fashioned, especially when compared to its larger, flashier cousins Roma and Firenze. But first impressions wear away as we learn from Tylus that...