Mariano José de Larra

En esta obra, Jacques Le Goff explora el imaginario medieval a través de sus más importantes componentes: por una parte, los héroes, como Carlomagno, el Cid, el rey Arturo, Roldán o Robín de los Bosques, sin olvidar al hada Melusina, al mago Merlín, ni tampoco al zorro y el unicornio. Y, por otra, las maravillas: tres edificios o poderes que dominan la sociedad: la catedral, la fortaleza y el claustro. La iconografía medieval se caracteriza por ignorar las fronteras entre lo natural y lo sobrenatural, entre el mundo terrenal y el más allá, y por abarcar un amplio espacio geográfico. ...

This edition of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's Relación offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Pánfilo de Narváez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is a fascinating tale of survival against the highest odds, and it highlights Native Americans and their interactions with the newcomers in a manner seldom seen in writings of the period. In this...

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Who has not heard of Cuba? Its beaches, music, food, the beautiful women... and even Fidel Castro? But how many of you know about the misery and repression in which the people of Cuba live? How far does the violation of the civil rights of the people of Cuba go? It's hard to put so many bad things together in a small book. I'll show you some of the most relevant and the simplest things you never think about because you always had it when you need it and when you want it.