Las artes decorativas medievales

La Historia general de las cosas de la Nueva España reúne los doce libros editados en México por el monje franciscano Bernardino de Sahagún entre 1540 y 1590 a partir de entrevistas con informantes indígenas en Tlatelolco, Texcoco y Tenochtitlan. El mejor manuscrito que se conserva de la obra es el denominado Códice florentino, alojado en los archivos de la Biblioteca Laurenciana de Florencia, una copia de los textos cuya fuente original se perdió, posiblemente destruida por las autoridades españolas. A lo largo de los doce libros que integran la obra se abordan distintas cuestiones...

“Su autor, Carlos Roca, hace gala de unos amplios conocimientos sobre la época pero también sabe conferir a su obra un aire de novela de aventuras que engancha. Y su pasión por el referente para escribir este libro, Las minas del Rey Salomón, de Rider Haggard, se trasmite al lector de una forma casi mágica." (Web Anika entre libros) “Este libro no tiene desperdicio. Cada nota a pie de página es imprescindible y aleccionadora. Y nos deja muchas historias bosquejadas que merecen un libro para ellas solas como la homosexualidad de Cecil Rhodes y la historia de amor que vivió con el...

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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...