Sex Crimes, Honour, and the Law in Early Modern Spain

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...

Given P. Naster's numismatic, art historical, and archaeological background, and his expertise in Classical and Ancient Near Eastern subjects, the presentations to his 'Festschrift' cover a broad thematic and temporal span. The papers of volume II may be divided into the following general categories: philology (including general, Greek/Latin, Egyptian, South Arabian, Hebrew, Persian), Assyriology, Art History, Egyptology, and Anthropology, History, Hittite/Anatolian studies, Persian religion, and historical geography. Obviously, some studies will cover more than one definitive area.

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En 1810 la insurrecció de Miguel Hidalgo en Dolores iniciava, durant la guerra contra el francès, el crit d'independència de Mèxic. Diferents autoritats i institucions de Nova Espanya es van apressar a manifestar la seua condemna de l'aixecament i la fidelitat a la monarquia. La universitat de Mèxic, el rector i el claustre, es va unir a la condemna d'Hidalgo i els altres insurgents que pretenien separar als espanyols americans dels espanyols peninsulars. Aquestes proclames universitàries i altres escrits contraris a la revolta, fidels a la monarquia borbònica, es van reunir en un...