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This study presents a compelling reflection on the historian's task. Based on his extensive teaching and research experience as well as his rigorous analysis of historical scholarship, Professor Bernardo Ares's study of history sets historical knowledge against the general framework of scientific knowledge. Supported by a thorough definition of the concept of history, Historiology, Research and Didactics focuses on the basic epistemological and methodological questions involved in the study of history, and provides a unique analysis of the didactics of history. Stressing the importance of...

Las tesis de Morgan y Bandelier pertenecen al siglo XIX, cuando la antropología y la arqueología no existían como ciencias: a pesar de esto, sus estudios contribuyen al análisis de la sociedad azteca y nos conducen a verla con una VISIÓN CRÍTICA: pero, sobre todo, a comprender lo que fue en su esencia el México antiguo.

El presente trabajo se debe a la pasión con que Solange Alberro se dedicó a recopilar la información, en México, en Estados Unidos y en España, acerca del Tribunal del Santo Oficio. Busca aclarar algunas dudas que impiden comprender realmente el significado de la Inquisición, la importancia de dicha institución en la Nueva España y su relación con la sociedad y el poder.

As a veteran Israeli guide I realised that there was no concise history book for the amateur historian wanting to understand the complex history of this small piece of land nestled between Egypt and the Fertile Crescent so I wrote and published this book in 1996. An updated edition was published in 2000 and the third edition in 2010. My greatest joy is when people who are not history buffs tell me they enjoyed the book and learnt from it.