Imagen historiográfica de la antigua Vrso (Osuna, Sevilla)

Los hechos narrados en este libro son parte fundamental del largo y cruento proceso de la Revolución mexicana. De la Decena Trágica al Congreso Constituyente, Jesús Silva Herzog expone con gran maestría los acontecimientos que llevaron a México de un golpe militar en 1913 a la promulgación de la Constitución Política de 1917, la cual recogió gran parte de las demandas sociales del proyecto revolucionario. Al margen de la tradicional historia político-militar de la Revolución, Silva Herzog realizó un profundo análisis ideológico y sociopolítico de sus etapas, acompañando su...

Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

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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...