Historia del Buen Retiro

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Los estudios recogidos en este volumen profundizan en el conocimiento de los siglos VI y VII, cuando Toledo fue sede política y religiosa del reino visigodo y en la que dio comienzo su brillante trayectoria posterior.La ciudad dio acogida a una corte cuyos modelos de comportamiento y gustos estaban influenciados por la capital mundial del momento: Constantinopla.Esta vinculación se vuelve a dar en la época moderna, en tiempos del Greco quien no abandonó nunca sus raíces bizantinas, quizás su vertiente menos conocida, y tuvo la oportunidad de convivir con una colonia de griegos asentados ...

Profiles nine important figures in the history of México including the Emperor Montezuma, Hernán Cortés, Benito Juárez, and Cuauhtemoc, the last Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlán.

Named the 2009 AAUP Best of the Best - Outstanding Book Distinction The history of Mexican Americans spans more than five centuries and varies from region to region across the United States. Yet most of our history books devote at most a chapter to Chicano history, with even less attention to the story of Chicanas. 500 Years of Chicana Women's History offers a powerful antidote to this omission with a vivid, pictorial account of struggle and survival, resilience and achievement, discrimination and identity. The bilingual text, along with hundreds of photos and other images, ranges from...