Gracias y desgracias de Sevilla

De la colección «Nudos de la historia argentina» dirigiga por Jorge Gelman, el lugar del Estado en la economía a lo largo de más de 150 años.

This Historical Atlas of Spain is an enjoyable and accessible guide that begins in the first millennium BC and ends in the 21st century. With a very tight narrative approach, it synthesizes the political, social, economic, and cultural development of Spain with numerous maps, photographs and illustrations that help us understand what we were and where we have arrived. The breadth of the topics covered, as well as its expositional precision, makes it an indispensable tool for the study of our history.

The abolition of judicial torture—alongside the eradication of both slavery and capital punishment—was one of the most consequential issues debated in eighteenth-century continental Europe. A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo. Seeking support for its publication, he forwarded the manuscript to Prime Minister Manuel Godoy in 1795. The savvy Spanish politician, however, not only rejected the text but also warned its author against further...

Junto a los otros monasterios vallisoletanos, el de Palazuelos, La Espina y el de Matallana, el de Valbuena de Duero compone un cuadro ideal para un estudio comparado y complementario ya que los aspectos de carácter religioso, sociológico y económico sólo pueden verse a plena luz abriendo el marco geográfico que desde el Monasterio de Palazuelos era necesario ampliar en unos 40 Kms. tomando como epicentro el Monasterio de Palazuelos, punto de partida especial de mi estudio. Pero la importancia de las fuentes del Monasterio de Valbuena no le viene sólo por estar cercano y compartir las...