Relatos del Cementerio Británico de Madrid

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...

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La historiografía tradicional, española y europea, ha considerado la Guerra de Granada (1482-1492) como un hecho de naturaleza y alcance exclusivamente hispánicos. Se trataba del último episodio de un proceso ibérico, la « Reconquista », el enfrentamiento secular entre el Islam y la Cristiandad, consustancial al Medievo peninsular. El nacionalismo romántico del siglo XIX y la dictadura de Franco (1939-1975) lo marcaron a fuego en la identidad nacional española. Sin embargo, en las últimas décadas se han revisado estos postulados, hasta culminar en una revisión radical. Librado el...

Acercarse a esa "historia secreta" de Mexico que es su historia de la ciencia, tiene un doble significado ya que el rescate se emprende no solo porque las obras sean textos cientificos que por serlo yacen olvidados, sino tambien porque dichos textos son mexicanos y pocas veces han provocado los desvelos de los historiadores. Se trata entonces de un doble olvido que explica en parte la actitud de la historiografia mexicana tradicional respecto del desenvolvimiento cientifico de nuestro pais.