Servidumbres y serventias/ Servitude and Servants

Kyle Harper nos ofrece una nueva visión de la decadencia y caída del Imperio romano, que nos descubre el papel determinante que el cambio climático y las enfermedades infecciosas tuvieron en su ruina. Partiendo de la época feliz de Marco Aurelio, el autor nos conduce hasta el momento en que un imperio asediado no pudo resistir el embate conjunto de una "pequeña edad glacial" y de la peste bubónica. Kyle Harper, que combina la erudición histórica con el método científico, nos conduce a una reflexión que enlaza una nueva forma de ver la historia con los problemas del presente. La...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

A través de las páginas de este agudo ensayo histórico, Hilaire Belloc explica cómo la Iglesia católica, en las Edades Oscuras, ayudó a salvar Occidente, preservando lo mejor de la civilización griega y romana y cómo los europeos, todavía hoy, se benefician de instituciones sociales y formas políticas de indudable origen católico. El lector de Europa y la fe, a lomos de la colosal erudición y perspicacia de Hilaire Belloc, verá con nuevo fulgor los cuatro periodos clave de la historia europea: -Desde el paganismo a la Roma cristiana del Imperio. -Desde el Imperio Romano a las...