Palacio renacentista de Belalcázar

Sólo un conocimiento profundo y madurado, asimilado y objeto de continua reflexión a lo largo de años de labor docente e investigadora como el de Pedro Barceló -uno de los especialistas españoles en Historia Antigua más destacados y reconocidos en el panorama internacional- es capaz de alumbrar una obra de las características de El mundo antiguo. En este asombroso testimonio de saber histórico, el autor ofrece un compendio difícilmente igualable de los aspectos más sugerentes y trascendentales del mundo que, especialmente entre el 1500 a.C. y el 500 d.C. se articuló en torno a la...

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Les Croades van impregnar la cultura i la societat de l’Edat Mitjana de manera decisiva. A més de les Croades a «Terra Santa», Nikolas Jaspert aborda també l’estudi de les guerres empreses tant contra qui professaven credos diferents en la península Ibèrica o en el territori bàltic, com contra els «enemics interiors» de la Cristiandat. Un altre dels temes centrals de l’obra són les ordres religioses de cavalleria, que marcarien durant llarg temps la història d’Europa. Gràcies a un plantejament que abasta una gran diversitat d’aspectes i a la seva informació...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary...