Conquista y Conversión

This book deals with the evangelization of Spanish-speaking America between the European conquest and independence. The study investigates the concepts and strategies of catechesis, the general conditions of Church law and national politics as well as the prerequisites and conditions on the part of the Indians. New and specific forms of mutual understanding, of mediation and resistance developed through the transfer of European knowledge to a second geographical area and through the contact of cultures and religions. These new forms evolved beyond the sphere of religion and determine cultural ...

Quique's father is a soccer announcer. He pushes his son hard in school. The boy thinks he will never please his dad until one day he achieves his goal and gets the recognition he longs for. This book comes with a separate workbook with fun activities to test reading comprehension.

Desde el Romanticismo la novela histórica ha sido uno de los géneros más populares de la literatura y hoy su vigencia es aún innegable. María Antonia de Miquel nos ofrece en este manual una clara descripción de sus principales elementos y nos propone una serie de útiles orientaciones para reconocer y resolver sus dilemas. Pues combinar con acierto Historia y ficción es un reto no exento de peligros. Cómo escribir una novela histórica te ayudará, entre otras cosas, a poner orden en las tramas caóticas de la Historia, a elegir lo relevante y descartar lo superfluo, a emprender la...

INSIGHTS INTO CHANGES OF MENTALITY AND PHILOSOPHY. HOW DO THE OBJECTS IN A STILL LIFE REFLECT THE CUSTOMS, IDEAS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE TIME? THIS IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WHICH NORBERT SCHNEIDER ASKS IN THIS BOOK. THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES AND THE 17TH CENTURY WAS WITHOUT DOUBT THE HEYDAY OF THE STILL LIFE. IT IS AN ART FORM WHICH GIVES US VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO CHANGES OF MENTALITY AND PHILOSOPHY AS WELL AS PEOPLE'S NOTIONS OF DEATH. STILL LIFES CHART THE HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES AND THEIR ACCEPTANCE AS WELL AS THE GRADUAL REPLACEMENT OF THE MEDIAEVAL CONCEPT OF THE...

El presente libro reflexiona sobre las características que definen la traducción biosanitaria cuando las lenguas implicadas son el alemán y el español. De este modo, partiendo de una base eminentemente práctica y que aborda diferentes géneros textuales, se analizarán las dificultades traductológicas, terminológicas y de documentación que presentan aquellos textos biosanitarios que deben ser traducidos del alemán al español y viceversa. Por consiguiente, el objetivo de la monografía es ofrecer, desde una perspectiva general, respuestas a aquellos problemas de traducción que se...