Escritos 1789 - 1859 Volumen II

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The abolition of judicial torture—alongside the eradication of both slavery and capital punishment—was one of the most consequential issues debated in eighteenth-century continental Europe. A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo. Seeking support for its publication, he forwarded the manuscript to Prime Minister Manuel Godoy in 1795. The savvy Spanish politician, however, not only rejected the text but also warned its author against further...

Vinieron de todos los continentes a luchar en una guerra lejana para ellos. Miles de hombres y mujeres que dejaron sus familias y sus países para venir a España a combatir junto al ejército republicano e intentar frenar el avance del fascismo en Europa. Rémi Skoutelsky, historiador especializado en la materia, ofrece un relato indispensable para conocer todos los detalles sobre la actuación de los brigadistas que protagonizaron uno de los episodios clave en la historia de nuestro país.

Este libro recoge quince años de experiencias investigativas en el campo de la historia cultural. A modo de conmemoración, este volumen presenta trece textos, producidos a lo largo de una década y media de labores académicas del grupo de investigación Prácticas culturales, Representaciones e Imaginarios. Inicialmente pensado como un equipo interesado en la discusión de obras claves para el campo de las ciencias sociales, el grupo devino en una comunidad académica identificada por su pasión hacia la historia cultural. En esta medida, gran parte de los documentos que componen este...