Microhistorias de la transgresión

The Improbable Conquest offers translations of a series of little-known letters from the chaotic Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region, uncovering a rich and understudied historical resource. These letters were written by a wide variety of individuals, including clergy, military officers, and the region’s first governor, Pedro de Mendoza. There is also an exceptional contribution from Isabel de Guevara, one of the few women involved in the conquest to have recorded her experiences. Writing about the conditions of settlements and expeditions, these individuals vividly expose the...

An action-packed chronicle follows the steps of explorers such as John Franklin, Elisha Kent Kane, Fridtjof Nansen, and Robert Edwin Peary, reconstructing one of the last great epics of humanity.

L'autor, professor del departament d'Educació, descriu i valora l'anomenada, "presència salvífica de l'Esperit" -un tema tractat en 11 dels 16 documents del Concili Vaticà II- amb un enfocament diferent tant per a l'arqueologia com per a la mateixa teologia.

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