Historia Medieval I

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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...

Campos de muerte. Geografía del mal no pretende ser un inventario de la crueldad, sino un fogonazo de la profunda vileza que caracteriza a nuestra especie. En sus páginas se desentraña la implacable evidencia de la sangre y las lágrimas derramadas por millones de deportados, víctimas del hambre, el agotamiento, las enfermedades o, simplemente, el asesinato. Campos de exterminio, torturas, experimentos médicos aberrantes, mano de obra esclava, inhumanas condiciones de vida. Crímenes como los del Holocausto, los cometidos por el régimen estalinista o los del Jémer Rojo, junto con las...

La presentación de esta biografía no supone una vuelta a la historia política tradicional, en que se trataba de resaltar las relevantes aportaciones que el personaje objeto de estudio había legado a la sociedad de su tiempo, sino que este trabajo se inscribe en una línea de investigación que viene estudiando los grupos de poder y las facciones cortesanas de la Monarquía hispana durante el siglo XVI. Utilizando como vehículo la longeva existencia de Gaspar de Quiroga y los significados cargos que ocupó a lo largo de su vida, se presenta un estudio que aborda episodios esenciales del...