Exploradores y piratas en la América del Sur

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...

El Escorial is more than a monument to the zeal of Spain’s Catholicism; it is also a symbol of Spain at its imperial apogee. This imposing, granite edifice was built by King Philip II to celebrate Spain’s victory over the French at Saint-Quentin on August 10, 1557. Paid for with New-World gold, this sprawling monastery-palace is laid out in a vast grid of corridors and courtyards. At its heart is the austere Doric basilica of San Lorenzo el Real - beneath which are the remains of eleven Spanish kings, including Philip. The story of this fascinating, enduring symbol of Spain’s monarchy...

Obra donde se trata la historia del dinero desde su aparición hasta nuestros días; entre otras cuestiones, se aborda aquí: las razones por las cuales al oro y la plata se les consideró la materia monetaria por excelencia; el papel moneda y los bancos; los vínculos entre banca y poder; los bancos centrales y sus funciones y facultades; cómo se creó el dinero en la economía moderna; una síntesis del período en que reinó el oro como patrón monetario; las razones por las que el dólar alcanzó su supremacía después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial; las causas por las cuales colapsaron...

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