La emperatriz

Esta es la gran biografía de uno de los reyes más injustamente relegados al olvido de la historia de España: Felipe IV, el rey Sol. Alfredo Alvar nos ofrece, con una maestría irrepetible, llena de agudeza, erudición y matices históricos y artísticos, la figura del monarca que tuvo que reinar durante uno de los periodos más comprometidos y decisivos de la época imperial. Aquí no se describe ni a un «Austria menor», ni mucho menos a un «pasmao». Aquí se muestra la grandeza personal, la intimidad y la responsabilidad de un rey que tuvo que luchar por sobrevivir a un período...

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In this historical study, Lara Medina examines the early development and continuing influence of Las Hermanas, a feminist organization established in 1971 to counter the patriarchy and Eurocentrism of the U.S. Catholic Church. Medina weaves archival research and oral interviews into a cohesive narrative that highlights the keen ethnic and political awareness among the movement's leaders and participants. Medina also illuminates the strides made by Las Hermanas in undermining and reorienting the male-dominated structure of both the Catholic ministry and the Chicano civil rights movement. By...

Gli undici saggi qui raccolti ripropongono i frutti ancora attuali di un incontro tenuto a Pisa nel 1998 tra studiosi spagnoli, italiani e francesi sui rapporti tra gli Stati italiani e la Spagna durante il periodo della "preponderanza" di quest'ultima. Tema classico, che à ̈ stato considerato in questo caso in un'ottica interdisciplinare e alla luce degli scambi di civiltà (politici, culturali, letterari) che si sono stabiliti fra i diversi poli nel corso del Cinque-Seicento. Annotation Supplied by Informazioni Editoriali

Morales' "Historia de las islas Marianas" seems to predate Le Gobien's "Historie des isles Marianes" and was probably used as the basis for Le Gobien's work. Le Gobien attributed some of the investigative work for his book to Morales but the editor makes the case that the opposite was true