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Estudiante, viajero, profesor de español o simple ciudadano de a pie: ¿no has echado alguna vez en falta un manual de cultura española que sea breve, ligero y riguroso a la vez? ¿Algo que no dé dolor de cabeza, que no sea un sesudo tratado ni un libro de Civilización con ejercicios? ¡Pues aquí está! En España somos mucho de panoramas y compendios. Nada que objetar, me encantan los manuales. Y aunque sean palabras mayores para este libro, he pretendido ofrecer aquí un barrido sobre aspectos relevantes de la cultura española en dos bloques de contenido: Por un lado, la sección...

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The abolition of judicial torture—alongside the eradication of both slavery and capital punishment—was one of the most consequential issues debated in eighteenth-century continental Europe. A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo. Seeking support for its publication, he forwarded the manuscript to Prime Minister Manuel Godoy in 1795. The savvy Spanish politician, however, not only rejected the text but also warned its author against further...

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...