El neolítico

En la obra se abordan diferentes capítulos encaminados para comprender la estructura arquitectónica del Palacio Plateresco del s. XVI que mandó construir el III duque de Béjar D. Francisco de Zúñiga Guzmán y Sotomayor junto a la eminente fortaleza medival. Por una parte se analizan los contextos generales (Historia, linaje de los Sotomayor, etc.) en que nace el edificio; en segundo lugar se estudia de forma detenida la biografía del titular del condado y los parámetros fundamentales (personales, históricos y económicos) que condicionan su actuación; el bloque medular del trabajo...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

En 1968, Will Durant y Ariel Durant, tras concluir su monumental Historia de la civilización, colección aclamada por crítica y público, decidieron proporcionar a los lectores un compendio de su obra. Una descripción general de las tendencias y lecciones extraídas a lo largo de cinco mil años de historia mundial y examinadas desde doce perspectivas: geografía, biología, raza, carácter, moral, religión, economía, socialismo, gobierno, guerra, crecimiento y decadencia, y progreso. En palabras de Will, «tomamos nota de acontecimientos y comentarios que podrían iluminar asuntos...