La Iglesia en la historia moderna y contemporánea

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Los sacerdotes mayas predijeron el fin del mundo entre el 21 y el 22 de diciembre del ano 2012. ¿Que significado tiene esa profecia? ¿Cual es el mensaje cosmico y filosofico que nos dejaron los mayas? Pero "Los amos del tiempo magico", como eran eonocidos, no anunciaban una catastrofe que haria desaparecer la humanidad, no predecian el fin del mundo, sino el fin de este mundo, tal y como lo conocemos ahora. En esa feeha sucedera un leno-meno cosmico execepcional que se produce cada 26.000 anos. El surgimien-to de esta «nueva era» quiza dependa en parte de nosotros mismos y sea nuestro...

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.

Breve y famoso ensayo en el que se recorre la historia de la invencion y de la difusion de las maquinas del tiempo, es decir, los relojes, primeros aparatos de precision que, en sintonia con la exigencia del Occidente medieval y moderno, escanden los tiempos de la vida social. El autor describe desde los talleres medievales, hasta el laboratorio de relojes creado a finales del siglo XVII en el palacio imperial de Pekin.