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

Este libro permite el encuentro del lector con aquellas historias que adquirieron forma escrita en la Europa medieval, antiguos mitos surgidos de un fondo pagano, céltico y germánico que grandes escritores de los siglos XII y XIII, franceses y alemanes, consideraron dignos objetos de escritura y reflexión. Y así, la historia narrada en esos mitos adquirió, en la cultura cortés y caballeresca de la Europa medieval, un estilo propio dentro del nuevo género de la época: el ciclo artúrico, lugar de confluencia de celtismo y cristianismo, paganismo y humanismo. Este ensayo propone una...

Resea de la produccin historiogrfica en torno al Segundo Imperio mexicano, este libro recoge las distintas formas en que se ha abordado la aventura imperial en momentos particulares y desde perspectivas varias. En ella se encuentran desde testimonios de soldados del ejrcito francs que acompaaron a Maximiliano, o versiones de historiadores del ltimo tercio del siglo XIX y del XX hasta las perspectivas innovadoras que han marcado nuevos derroteros dentro de las investigaciones sobre aquella poca.

When looking at historical photographs of Guadalupe residents, one sees the faces that represent the area s unique and diverse past. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Chumash and mapped by Spanish explorers, Guadalupe was first named in the 1840s Mexican land grant honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, the title given to the Virgin Mary. Through the years, waves of immigrants made their way to Guadalupe to take advantage of the fertile soil and unique geographic features, the most prominent of which are the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, which contain some of the tallest sand dunes on Earth and have...

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