PAISAJES, TIEMPOS Y MEMORIA

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El autor ofrece con una prosa ágil un verdadero tratado sobre la usura en la Edad Media cristiana, demostrando desde una nueva perspectiva la vinculación entre los campos de la economía y la religión, verdaderos pilares sobre los que descansaban las estructuras de la época. El usurero, tan odiado como imprescindible, está asociado con uno de los siete pecados capitales: la codicia. Aun durmiendo, su dinero le hace más rico, manifestándose así como un ladrón de tiempo. El usurero está irremediablemente condenado al infierno. Sin embargo, en vísperas del auge de los grandes...

Por el bicentenario de la Independencia Americana, la Universidad de Sevilla, organizó una exposición para dar a conocer la enorme riqueza de sus fondos americanistas. 192 títulos de impresos y manuscritos americanos y de temática americanista, junto a 45 documentos gráficos del Archivo General de Indias, concurren en una extraordinaria muestra.

Throughout the decades following the death of Mariano Jose de Larra, scholars have been intrigued by the impact that both the man and his writings have had on generation after generation of Spanish and Latin American writers. This study looks at the genesis of Larra's genius by carefully tabulating and identifying his sources in literature and history. This important resource book will help Larra scholars understand more completely the intricate and complex system of images, allusions and references "Figaro" used to compose his more than 250 newspaper articles. More importantly, the work...