El Ateneo de Madrid

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

This engaging and fascinating book delves into a topic that has rarely been studied: travel in the medieval world. Presenting a cast of (usually moneyed) characters who traveled for religious or political reasons, or purely out of a desire for knowledge, adventure, or entertainment, this examination lays the stale concept of the medieval man as a static individual to rest. Este libro ameno y fascinante se enfoca sobre un tema poco estudiado: el viaje en el mundo medieval. Presentando un reparto de personajes frecuentemente adinerados que viajaban por razones religiosas o políticas, o por un...

A setenta años del inicio de la Guerra Civil, el presente libro ofrece una estudio del mito político franquista por antonomasia: el del Alzamiento Nacional del 18 de julio de 1936. Repasa la literatura y la cinematografía más significativas sobre la guerra y analiza algunos de los mitos y distorsiones de los vencedores aún vigentes: su inevitabilidad, la leyenda de Badajoz, la gesta del Alcázar, el papel de sus intelectuales tomando a Pemán y Unamuno como modelos, la confusa cuestión de la memoria y el olvido, etc. El autor pone de manifiesto cómo el recuerdo e influencia de la...