Antonio Herrera y su Historia General del Mundo (volumen I)

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Coordinados por el área de Historia moderna de la Universidad de Cantabria, se recogen en este décimo volumen de la Biblioteca Navalia las ponencias desarrolladas por expertos, de varios países, en historia naval, economistas, historiadores, ingenieros portuarios, urbanistas e historiadores del arte, en el curso “La ciudad portuaria atlántica en la historia: siglos XVI-XIX”, celebrado entre el 4 y 7 de julio de 2005 en el Aula del Mar Rector Jordá, iniciativa cultural y docente en la que colaboran la Universidad de Cantabria, Autoridad Portuaria de Santander, Universidad...

En esta obra, Jacques Le Goff explora el imaginario medieval a través de sus más importantes componentes: por una parte, los héroes, como Carlomagno, el Cid, el rey Arturo, Roldán o Robín de los Bosques, sin olvidar al hada Melusina, al mago Merlín, ni tampoco al zorro y el unicornio. Y, por otra, las maravillas: tres edificios o poderes que dominan la sociedad: la catedral, la fortaleza y el claustro. La iconografía medieval se caracteriza por ignorar las fronteras entre lo natural y lo sobrenatural, entre el mundo terrenal y el más allá, y por abarcar un amplio espacio geográfico. ...