Viajeros medievales

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"'México D.F. Entonces y Ahora' toma fotos de archivo de los sitios y monumentos más importantes de la ciudad y las compara con una imágen contemporánea, tomada desde el mismo punto de vista, para ilustrar vividamente por qué México se considera una de las capitales más vibrantes y cosmopolitas de Latinoamérica."--Publisher's description.

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Durante doscientos años imperó en Europa el fervor de las Cruzadas, uno de los capítulos de la historia universal que más fascinación ha suscitado generación tras generación. Las imágenes de aquellos caballeros han permanecido vivas en la memoria colectiva occidental: hombres que, erguidos sobre sus caballos, ataviados con corazas sobre la cota de malla y portando estandartes sembrados de cruces, luchaban por su fe bajo el ardiente sol extranjero. Y sin embargo, se trata de un episodio oscuro y distorsionado por el paso del tiempo. En Las cruzadas, Christopher Tyerman se mueve...