Conchas de fuego y de sangre

The essays in this volume, taken together, span the era of British history from 1780 to the present that has engrossed the attention of Brian Harrison in a career of more than fifty years. In keeping with his diverse interests, they vary widely in subject matter. Yet each contributes, in some fashion, to an appreciation of the complexities of reform in modern Britain. Throughout his career Harrison has demonstrated an unwavering interest in social movements and pressure groups. He has analysed the organisation of reform movements and their bases of support; explored the aspirations and...

¿Qué simboliza hoy y qué representó en su época esta obra escultórica que ahora llamamos Dama de Elche? En esta obra, Rafael Ramos, autor de Los iberos. Imágenes y mitos de Iberia, recoge todos los periodos en los que la Dama de Elche ha sido partícipe de la historia. La pieza es analizada con exhaustividad, incluyendo todo lo conocido hasta ahora de ella y exponiendo nuevas hipótesis, valientes pero cimentadas en el amplio conocimiento que el autor tiene de la sociedad ibérica y, sobre todo, de su ritualidad y religiosidad. Desde finales del siglo xix hasta hoy son muchas las...

Premio Especial de Investigacion Canarias-America, 1996. Estudio sobre la educacion cubana en el siglo xix y los maestros canarios que tuvieron influencia especial en ella.

With its 27 contributions, this volume presents most of the papers delivered at the "XVe Colloque du Comite International de Paleographie". The conference's focus was regional and supra-regional influences on the development of Latin script from late antiquity and the early medieval period to the beginning of modern times. The geographic area considered in the articles spans the Iberian Peninsula and Central Europe to Iceland. In their contributions, the authors have attempted to show the impact that not only local conditions but also European cultural and intellectual centres had on the...