Doce estudios de historiografía contemporánea

These papers are centered on the Crown of Aragon in the later Middle Ages, its achievements (the more remarkable given the very evident problems with which it was beset), and especially on its role in the Mediterranean. Hence the emphasis on Majorca, its leading intellectual figure, Ramon Lull (1232-1316), and his influence, and related to these the article on Thomas Aquinas. Other studies deal with the relations of Christians and Jews in Majorca, down to the Expulsion from Spain. In these papers Professor Hillgarth seeks to investigate the transmission of learning and how what is transmitted ...

Premio Internacional Ateneo Jovellanos de Investigación Histórica 2010. Santiago de Cuba, 26 de julio de 1953. Un centenar de hombres asalta el Cuartel Moncada, segunda fortaleza del país. El líder rebelde es un jovencísimo Fidel Castro, que huye tras el fracaso. Aislado en las montañas cercanas, Castro pide ayuda y las fuerzas vivas del país se movilizan para salvarle. Al frente de las gestiones aparece Enrique Pérez Serantes, arzobispo de Santiago y primado de la Iglesia cubana, que arriesga su vida para que los supervivientes no sean fusilados. Santiago de Cuba, 1 de enero de 1959. ...

No século XVI, aos olhos da classe dominante, a terra, a terra arável, permaneceu a base de toda a prosperidade. À medida que o dignitário se elevava, ele adquiriu os direitos de mais e maiores áreas do mercado imobiliário. Teoricamente, ninguém era o dono da terra. A terra pertencia ao proprietário coletivo, calpulli, a instituições públicas, como os templos, ou à própria cidade. Não houve propriedade privada da terra, houve propriedade coletiva com direito individual de uso.

The riveting story of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage—now updated with a new introduction commemorating the 500th anniversary of his journey. “Prodigious research, sure-footed prose and vivid descriptions make for a thoroughly satisfying account... it is all here in the wondrous detail, a first-rate historical page turner.”— New York Times Book Review Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning...