El banquero real

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 ...

The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli is one of his most celebrated works regarding western philosophy and politics. It constitutes a polemic and irreverent way of thinking that is a bit ironic but always lucid. You'll be captivated by a timeless assessment of power, status, and their origins, as well as how these are legitimized.

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El periodo barroco ofrece unas especiales condiciones para poder realizar la observacion nitida de la practica ingeniosa. Concretamente, a lo largo del siglo XVII, el ingenio cobra una total preeminencia en las obras canonicas del conceptismo literario, elevando la practica de la escritura - especialmente la poetica - a una flexibilidad retorica que rompia con el modelo heredado del Renacimiento. El presente libro ofrece una vision de conjunto a traves de la cual se divisa la relacion existente entre la practica ingeniosa y los valores que esta tiene tanto desde un punto de vista estetico...