Cultural Horizons Vols I & Ii

Coincidiendo con el quinto aniversario de la firma del tratado de Ottawa contra las minas antipersona que se cumplió el 3 de diciembre de 2002, se presenta este libro fotográfico que muestra la evolución de la vida de 4 jóvenes, cinco años después de haber sufrido el impacto de las minas, y que aparecieron en 'Vidas minadas', del mismo autor. Con textos en castellano, inglés y catalán. www.vidasminadas.com

Excerpt from Avisos de Jerónimo de Barrionuevo (1654-1658) Y Apéndice Anónimo (1660-1664), Vol. 4: Precede una Noticia de la Vida y Escritos del Autor Suman todos hombres. Es cosa cierta lo que aquí digo, sin faltar un ápice de la que le vino al Rey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections...

These papers are centered on the Crown of Aragon in the later Middle Ages, its achievements (the more remarkable given the very evident problems with which it was beset), and especially on its role in the Mediterranean. Hence the emphasis on Majorca, its leading intellectual figure, Ramon Lull (1232-1316), and his influence, and related to these the article on Thomas Aquinas. Other studies deal with the relations of Christians and Jews in Majorca, down to the Expulsion from Spain. In these papers Professor Hillgarth seeks to investigate the transmission of learning and how what is transmitted ...

The abolition of judicial torture—alongside the eradication of both slavery and capital punishment—was one of the most consequential issues debated in eighteenth-century continental Europe. A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo. Seeking support for its publication, he forwarded the manuscript to Prime Minister Manuel Godoy in 1795. The savvy Spanish politician, however, not only rejected the text but also warned its author against further...