La batalla cultural y la mirada de la historia

El estudio recoge la reforma desplegada durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX y los primeros años del XX entre los hospitalarios, liderada por el P. Alfieri y secundada en España por san Benito Menni, tras la Desamortización de Mendizábal. Este acontecimiento fue más allá de una mera renovación estructural, ya que supuso una innegable novedad en dos dimensiones esenciales de la vida del Hermano de San Juan de Dios: la comunidad y el carisma de la hospitalidad; actualizando el horizonte del propio estado de vida: la santidad. El estudio realizado por el Hno. Luis Valero, el autor, es...

Diverse fiscal mechanisms influenced in the native family structure, that this book studies in one of the most representative zones of the New Kingdom of Granada during the colony.

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This edition of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's Relación offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Pánfilo de Narváez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is a fascinating tale of survival against the highest odds, and it highlights Native Americans and their interactions with the newcomers in a manner seldom seen in writings of the period. In this...