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Barri, al-rabal, palabras árabes que significaban, en la Edad Media, la población exterior a las murallas. Primero fue La Medina Laqant; después, la Ciudad Cristiana, también amurallada, con sus tres arrabales: Roig, San Francisco y San Antón. Y, a mediados del XIX, llegó el tren, dispuesto a devorarlo todo con sus fauces. Las extensas vías de hierro transtocaron todo el urbanismo. Sonaron trompetas y se derrumbaron las murallas de Jericó. Y vinieron los barrios nuevos, barrios de ensanche, anárquicos unos, de diseño otros, trazados como con tiralíneas. El tranvía, primero...

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Les Croades van impregnar la cultura i la societat de l’Edat Mitjana de manera decisiva. A més de les Croades a «Terra Santa», Nikolas Jaspert aborda també l’estudi de les guerres empreses tant contra qui professaven credos diferents en la península Ibèrica o en el territori bàltic, com contra els «enemics interiors» de la Cristiandat. Un altre dels temes centrals de l’obra són les ordres religioses de cavalleria, que marcarien durant llarg temps la història d’Europa. Gràcies a un plantejament que abasta una gran diversitat d’aspectes i a la seva informació...

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?...