Andrés Bello

Tratado breve sobre las características más distintivas de la civilización romana desde la fundación de Roma hasta su decadencia como imperio. Se analizan costumbres, política, filosofía, actitudes religiosas y el derecho positivo que legaron los romanos al mundo.

Lewis nos ofrece un extraordinario y vívido retrato de la España islámica, desde la imponente gran mezquita aljama de Córdoba hasta el palacio califal, más grandioso que Versalles. Córdoba, "ornamento del mundo", perdería su primacía en el políticamente turbulento pero intelectualmente espectacular siglo XII, pero en Toledo, ciudad transmisora del conocimiento, se conservarían, traducirían y transmitirían a la Europa cristiana la sabiduría y las ciencias de la Antigüedad. El crisol de Dios es una novedosa y atrevida interpretación de la España islámica y el nacimiento de...

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