Marcel Bataillon: hispanismo y compromiso político

This comprehensive study goes beyond the lore surrounding Isabella and Ferdinand and their popular depiction as the harbingers and principal movers behind Spain’s Golden Age and analyzes the political and social conditions on the Iberian Peninsula that made their ascension to the throne possible. It also discusses the achievements of the Catholic monarchs after they assumed the reigns of authority: the creation of the instruments of power, the first steps of Spanish expansion in Europe and abroad, and the limits of their work and power. Este estudio comprensivo va más allá de la...

This edition includes a new introduction by the author Elizabeth Elliott. She used all of the richness of Jim's diaries so that you could get the know the reason that a man at the point of death commits himself to a God who can call him into His presence in an unexpected way.

An old popular Spanish adage says “ Caminante no hay camino , se hace camino al andar” which roughly translated means “Traveler there is no path, you make the path as you walk”. A saying that accurately describes “Mi Vida...hasta ahora” (“My Life...until now”). This book puts an end to the autobiographical trilogy about the life and accomplishments of Doctor Luis R. Pastrana Silva. “Mi Calle, Mi Barrio, Mi Pueblo” , “Mi Vida ...en uniforme”, and this “Mi Vida...hasta ahora” ( “My Street, My Neighborhood, My Town”, “My Life...in uniform”. My Life...until...

Este libro es una reelaboración y ampliación de la 'biografía crítica' de Ludwig Mies van der Rohe publicada por Franz Schulze en 1985 (y traducida al español en 1986), que fue el primer estudio completo de este maestro de la arquitectura moderna. Con la incorporación como coautor de Edward Windhorst, esta segunda edición, totalmente revisada, presenta nuevas investigaciones y se apoya en los mejores trabajos recientes de estudiosos y críticos, tanto alemanes como norteamericanos. Los autores describen la trayectoria profesional de Mies desde su incorporación a la vanguardia moderna, ...