Historia Moderna de España (1665 - 1808)

“Las momias –nos dice José Miguel Parra Ortiz- son mucho más de lo que a simple vista parece. Gracias a ellas podemos profundizar nuestro conocimiento de la civilización faraónica y de las personas que la crearon y vivieron”. No se trata tan sólo de las de los faraones: hay millones de momias –tantas que en la Edad Media se exportaron a Europa por centenares de miles para emplearlas en medicina y en el siglo XIX se las usó como combustible en los ferrocarriles-, de modo que a través de ellas nos es posible conocer, no sólo las creencias y los mitos de los egipcios, sino sus...

Origen was the most influential Christian theologian before Augustine, the founder of Biblical study as a serious discipline in the Christian tradition, and a figure with immense influence on the development of Christian spirituality. This volume presents a comprehensive and accessible insight into Origen's life and writings. An introduction analyzes the principal influences that formed him as a Christian and as a thinker, his emergence as a mature theologian at Alexandria, his work in Caesarea and his controversial legacy. Fresh translations of a representative selection of Origen's...

"Siena: City of Secrets" is a charming, intimate portrait of this most secretive of cities, often overlooked by travelers to Italy. Part cultural history and intellectual memoir, part travelogue and guide book, Tylus writes with a novelist s flair, taking the reader on a quest of discovery through the well- and not-so-well-travelled roads and alleys of the ancient city. Today, Siena can appear on the surface standoffish, a bit static, and very old-fashioned, especially when compared to its larger, flashier cousins Roma and Firenze. But first impressions wear away as we learn from Tylus that...

Didier Ozanam a consacré sa vie de chercheur au XVIIIe siècle espagnol. Cet hommage explore les thèmes chers au spécialiste de l'administration et du gouvernement de l'Espagne. L'instauration des Bourbons a constitué une rupture dans l'organisation des pouvoirs et l'orientation politique. Etudiant les relations entre l'Espagne et l'étranger, sept contributeurs montrent comment la modernisation de l'Etat et l'introduction des Lumières sont dues à l'apport d'étrangers servant le roi d'Espagne. Treize autres articles analysent la transformation de l'Etat, s'attachant aux mutations...