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Historia de la Teología Moral

Tomo IV: La moral en la Edad Moderna (ss.XV-XVI); Volumen 2: América: "problema moral"

La presente historia de la moral cristiana en la primera evangelización de América (s. XVI) ha sido pensada siguiendo tres orientaciones: El discurso moral es situado en el amplio y complejo contexto histórico­-social-cultural. Se interpreta la moral cristiana desde dos crite-rios complementarios: el de ...

Constantine The Great

Warlord of Rome

Constantine the Great is a titanic figure in Roman, and indeed world history. Most famed for making Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire (and thus ensuring its survival and spread), and for moving the seat of imperial rule to 'New Rome' (Constantinople), he ...

The chosen few

how education shaped jewish history, 70-1492

In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia. By 1492 the Jewish people had become a small group of literate urbanites specializing in crafts, trade, moneylending, and medicine in hundreds of places across ...

The EU and Africa

from Eurafrique to Afro-Europa

This book offers a holistic and comprehensive assessment of the European Union's (EU) relations with Africa focusing on their historical, political, socio-economic, and cultural dimensions. In the high imperial period from the nineteenth century, some in Europe advocated the idea of EurafriqueA" - a formula ...

Social change, resistance, and social practices

Critical sociologists of various nationalities focus on cutting-edge approaches to conflict-driven social change. By emphasizing the role played by contemporary social movements such as environmentalists, migrant organizations, world social forum activists, and others, these studies grapple with diverse forms of organized resistance in the twenty-first ...

«Dásele licencia y privilegio»

Don Quijote y la aprobación de libros en el Siglo de Oro

Todo empezó con un simple memorial de petición para imprimir un libro firmado por Miguel de Cervantes que fue elevado al Consejo Real de Castilla a través de la secretaría de Juan Gallo y del que el alto tribunal de gobierno empezó a ocuparse el ...

Dialectical disputations. Volume I: Book I

(The I Tatti Renaissance Library; 49)

Lorenzo Valla (1407--1457) ranks among the greatest scholars and thinkers of the Renaissance. He has secured lasting fame for his brilliant critical skills, most famously displayed in his exposure of the "Donation of Constantine," the forged document upon which the papacy based its claims to ...

Islamophobia and the politics of empire

In response to the events of 9/11, the Bush administration launched a "war on terror" ushering in an era of anti-Muslim racism, or Islamophobia. However, 9/11 alone did not create Islamophobia. This book examines the historic relationship between Islamophobia and the agenda of ...

Reforming the European Union

realizing the impossible

For decades the European Union tried changing its institutions, but achieved only unsatisfying political compromises and modest, incremental treaty revisions. In late 2009, however, the EU was successfully reformed through the Treaty of Lisbon. "Reforming the European Union" examines how political leaders ratified this treaty ...

How to defeat the Saracens

Guillelmus Ade, Tractatus quomodo Sarraceni sunt expugnandi

The fall of Acre in 1291 inspired many schemes for crusades to recover Jerusalem. One of these proposals is How to Defeat the Saracens, written around 1317 by William of Adam, a Dominican who traveled in the eastern Mediterranean, Persia, and parts of India. Extensive ...

Ambush

surprise attack on Ancient Greek warfare

There are two images of warfare that dominate Greek history. The better known is that of Achilles, the Homeric hero skilled in face-to-face combat to the death. He is a warrior who is outraged by deception on the battlefield. The alternative model, equally Greek and ...

Greek sculpture

Sculpture is one of the art forms for which Ancient Greece is renowned, serving as an inspiration to other societies from Ancient Rome to the present day. This book offers an accessible introduction to Ancient Greek sculpture from its beginnings in the eighth century BC ...

Dangerous gifts

gender and exchange in Ancient Greece

Deianeira sends her husband Herakles a poisoned robe. Eriphyle trades the life of her husband Amphiaraos for a golden necklace. Atreus's wife Aerope gives away the token of his sovereignty, a lamb with a golden fleece, to his brother Thyestes, who has seduced her ...

Sport and festival in the Ancient Greek World

First launched at the time of the Athens Olympics, Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World has become a classic study in its field. The 15 illustrated chapters of this collection not only explore many aspects of the ancient Olympics and the rich program ...

Chariots and other wheeled vehicles in Italy before the Roman Empire

his study presents evidence for transport by wheeled vehicle in Italy before the Roman Imperial period, the beginning of which is often thought to be marked by Augustus's conquest of Egypt in 30 BC. Three categories of wheeled vehicle documented for the period are ...

The Mediterranean World of Alfonso II and Peter II of Aragon

(1162-1213)

Vitality and change marked twelfth- and thirteenth-century medieval Mediterranean society. Many sought to capitalize upon resurgences in economic success, political intrigue, and social cohesion. Alfonso II (1162-1196) and his son Peter II (1196-1213) of the Crown of Aragon worked diligently to augment their regional success ...

In defence of the terror

liberty or death in the French Revolution

For two hundred years after the French Revolution, the Republican tradition celebrated the execution of princes and aristocrats, defending the Terror that the Revolution inflicted upon on its enemies. But recent decades have brought a marked change in sensibility. The Revolution is no longer judged ...

Nacionalismo y colonialismo en Marruecos (1945-1951)

el general Varela y los sucesos de Tetuán

El libro es un estudio de historia política centrado en las relaciones hispano-marroquíes durante el protectorado hispano-francés en Marruecos. Se trata de un trabajo de investigación basado principalmente en documentación de archivo, en buena parte inédita. En sus páginas la autora analiza cómo se subordinó ...

El periodista y el asesino

Todo periodista que no sea demasiado estúpido o demasiado engreído para no advertir lo que entraña su actividad sabe que lo que hace es moralmente indefendible. El periodista es una especie de hombre de confianza, que explota la vanidad, la ignorancia o la soledad de ...

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