Hispania

Para los antiguos griegos, consultar o recibir oráculos significaba comunicarse directamente con los dioses. Por ello, solían recurrir a estos para resolver las más variadas cuestiones de las esferas pública y privada, desde la forja de alianzas políticas hasta la falta de descendencia. En más de un centenar de pasajes de su obra, Heródoto reflejó esta práctica con su característico estilo rico y ameno. Este libro lleva a cabo un análisis crítico y exhaustivo de dichos pasajes oraculares, el cual demuestra que, al margen de su valor como fenómeno religioso, los oráculos...

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En la ciudad de Mexico, el 8 de junio de 1692 comenzo con los festejos de la celebracion del Corpus Christi y termino entre fuertes tensiones y miedos. Al final del dia, el centro urbano de la capital del gran virreinato novohispano acabo en llamas y saqueado. Sus 23 mil habitantes indios fueron senalados como los culpables de esta barbarie. El motin mexicano de 1692 sirve como texto cultural para una nueva aproximacion a la dinamica de la vida politica de la segunda mitad del siglo XVII. Esta investigacion es una minuciosa reconstruccion historica del motin acompanada de un detallado estudio ...

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...