Guadalupe

Long before the arrival of Hernn Corts, birds, serpents, the sun and moon, and human sacrifices figured prominently in the rituals and daily spiritual life of the inhabitants of todays Mexico. In the early sixteenth century, Roman Catholic missionaries began arriving in the area of TenochtitlanMexico Cityto convert the native Mexica to Christianity. The priests met with limited success until 1531, the year Juan Diego, a poor Mexica, first encountered the vision of the Heavenly Lady, now known as Our Lady of Guadalupe.Guadalupe is a lavishly illustrated history of Mexico's religious...

De la mano de historiadores, nacidos la mayoría en plena dictadura y formados en la academia nacional, el libro revisa en tres partes los hitos claves del “laboratorio” que ha sido Chile en estos últimos cincuenta años. La primera se centra en la Unidad Popular y su “vía chilena al socialismo”; el golpe de 1973 y la implantación del modelo autoritario con economía liberal; el papel de las iglesias en defensa de los derechos humanos; y se cierra con la implantación irregular de la Constitución de 1980. La segunda parte se ocupa del exilio, que afectó a miles de compatriotas;...

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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...

El León durmiente es una aproximación a los registros básicos con el que el republicanismo, la democracia y el federalismo concibieron España, como Estado y como nación, en el período que va desde las Cortes de Cádiz hasta la guerra civil en 1936. Desde la historia cultural de la política, y de un modo sintético, el lector se encontrará con una creciente deli­mitación de los campos liberal, democrático y republicano, donde se observa una pluralidad de modos y maneras de ser en cada uno de ellos. Se podría decir que el centro de la exposición reside en la idea de que son los...