Usos y funcionamiento de la cárcel novohispana

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En el siglo XVIII la masonería se proclamó heredera del Temple y no de la Orden de Malta pese a que ésta encajaba mejor en el perfil buscado por la masonería. En efecto, la Orden del Hospital fue fundada décadas antes que la Orden del Temple. Los cruzados que fundaron el Temple estaban previamente al servicio de la Orden del Hospital y se alojaban en sus dependencias. Fue la propia Orden del Hospital la que les cedió rentas para que se financiaran y diseñó su pendón. Por decisión pontificia, en 1312 los bienes y el Tesoro-Archivo del Temple pasaron a la Orden del Hospital. Incluso,...

From the beginning of the Second World War the sea became a vitally important scene of conflict. Great Britain relied on receiving supplies by sea and, therefore, a total blockade of the United Kingdom was one the main objectives of Hitler’s Germany. The British government was forced to maintain a strategy of antisubmarine warfare throughout the conflict, while the Royal Navy sought to interrupt the Third Reich’s maritime traffic. In these circumstances the submarine became an important weapon of war. Headed by Karl Dönitz, who would later succeed Hitler as Head of State, the German...

Suggesting that better understanding of conflicts between Anglo and Latin America can come from the study of their contrasting popular fictions, the author compares the traditional attachment in Latin America to government by a strong man—a caudillo—to the diametrically opposed expansionist frontier ideology of the United States—the cowboy—who makes space safe for Anglo colonization.