La Monja: Novela Medico - Social...

On one hand this Peak in the air, only in the immensity of the dark night. On the other side, where there is clarity, this Great Tree, lonely and bored. And at the end to cut the night to be together.

El 23 de mayo de 1808 la población de Valencia se alza contra la ocupación del ejército de Napoleón. Se inicia entonces un período de enfrentamiento bélico contra un poder extranjero e invasor. Sin embargo, ésta no es una guerra al uso, convencional. En el trasfondo de esta rebelión se vislumbra el ahínco de todo un pueblo por desprenderse de sus propias lacras, la lucha contra todo aquello que impedía la construcción de una nación avanzada. Las ansias de cambio que se habían ido gestando durante el siglo anterior irrumpen a principios del siglo XIX con los visos de una...

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The contributions to this volume are concerned with the Roman law of antiquity in its broadest sense, covering both private and public law from the Roman Republic to the Byzantine era, including legal papyrology. They also examine the reception of Roman law in Western Europe and its colonies (specifically the Dutch East Indies) from the Middle Ages to the promulgation of the German Burgerliche Gesetzbuch in 1900. They reflect the wide interests of Professor Boudewijn Sirks, whom the volume honours on the occasion of his retirement and whose work and career have transcended frontiers and...