Böhm y Navarro

When Friar Diego Bringas penned his 1796–97 report on conditions in northwestern New Spain, he was imbued with an enthusiastic drive for reform. Hoping to gain the King of Spain’s support in improving the missionary program, Bringas set down a detailed history of all that had happened in the region since Father Kino’s day. His writings offer a valuable study of Spanish attempts to bring about cultural change among the Piman Indians. Daniel S. Matson and Bernard L. Fontana have translated the Bringas document and added an informative introduction, notes, and references. They analyze...

Esta obra pretende acercar al lector a la sociedad gallega de la Alta Edad Media, combinando la rigurosidad científica con un lenguaje claro y accesible a todo tipo de público. Para ello, cada uno de sus capítulos tiene como protagonista aun personaje histórico real, siguiendo un orden cronológico, que sirve como elemento introductorio a los diversos temas que aborda el libro. El autor, Carlos Baliñas Pérez, es doctor en Historia y profesor de Historia Medieval de Galicia en la Facultad de Humanidades de Lugo (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela).

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Quetzalcóatl, Alejandro Magno, Emiliano Zapata, Inkarrí, Beltrán de Born, Nezahualcóyotl, Cong Hoy y Miguel Hidalgo se cuentan entre las complejas figuras heroicas analizadas en este volumen. La idea de reflexionar sobre el tema «El héroe entre el mito y la historia», en un coloquio organizado por Federico Navarrete y Guilhem Olivier del cual proceden los textos reunidos en este volumen, surgió del interés que, desde hace algunos años, vuelven a despertar las figuras heroicas. La participación de 16 especialistas de disciplinas diferentes -historia, historia del arte,...