LA RELIGIÓN del ANTIGUO EGIPTO

The Improbable Conquest offers translations of a series of little-known letters from the chaotic Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region, uncovering a rich and understudied historical resource. These letters were written by a wide variety of individuals, including clergy, military officers, and the region’s first governor, Pedro de Mendoza. There is also an exceptional contribution from Isabel de Guevara, one of the few women involved in the conquest to have recorded her experiences. Writing about the conditions of settlements and expeditions, these individuals vividly expose the...

Jacques Soustelle considera necesario situar a los aztecas dentro de un marco geografico e historico para su comprension cabal. Hace una pormenorizada descripcion de la ciudad (calles, templos y monumentos), del individuo y de las instituciones (el soberano y su consejo, el matrimonio, el sacerdocio, la propiedad, los tribunales, los funcionarios, comerciantes, campesinos, etc), ademas de destacar datos precisos como para estimar el "costo de la vida" en Tenochtitlan.

Córdoba es fruto de la convivencia, antagonismos e intercambios de diversas culturas: pequeño asentamiento junto al río; émula de la Roma imperial como capital Bética; avanzada del lujo y exotismo oriental como corte de los emires y califas omeyas; ciudad de frontera con el reino nazarí; orlada de prestigiosos blasones nobiliarios e innumerables conventos, como islas y archipiélagos diseminados extensamente en su tejido urbano renacentista y barroco —ora alimentado por la riqueza de Indias, ora asolado por crisis y epidemias—; y, finalmente, modesta y ensimismada capital de...

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