Galapagos

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary...

“Spin-off” de Varia Nummorum, esta nueva serie de volúmenes tratan de manera breve biografías, noticias, batallas, países, etc. de la Antigüedad y la Alta Edad Media del Viejo Continente, con especial referencia a los siglos II-I a.C.

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 ...

El flujo migratorio hacia España de miles de franceses escasos de recursos comienza en la Edad Media, alcanza su mayor intensidad en los s. XVI y XVII y se prolonga hasta la Guerra de la Independencia. Esta obra recorre distintos aspectos tratados a escala local o regional en torno a esta masa de inmigrantes. La geografía de la migración, tanto en origen como en destino, la mirada del país hacia el inmigrante y viceversa, las normas de la monarquía que incidían sobre los emigrantes y las dificultades que entrañaba su cumplimiento, el perfil sociolaboral de los inmigrantes y las vías...