Los exploradores españoles del siglo XVI

En este libro se aborda el estudio de la vida cotidiana de los regidores madrileños y su quehacer al frente del gobierno municipal, en un período de vital importancia para Madrid, entre el establecimiento de la capitalidad por Felipe II y su instauración definitiva tras el fallido intento de trasladarla a Valladolid en 1601. Utilizando un amplio repertorio de fuentes, en especial los protocolos notariales y las actas capitulares, su autora analiza con minuciosidad la composición social de la elite que dirige la Villa y Corte, su participación en las tareas de gobierno y el sistema de...

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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...

La historia del picaresco Mono y sus encuentros con espíritus mayores y menores, dioses, semidioses, demonios, ogros, monstruos y hadas en su camino para alcanzar la iluminación es la novela más popular en la historia del Lejano Oriente —el Quijote de la literatura china— y un clásico de la literatura universal. He aquí una combinación de actos asombrosos y escenas de la vida cotidiana, lecciones de madurez y muy buen humor. Narración de primerísimo nivel, colmada de personalidad y diversión, Rey Mono es una obra única en su combinación de belleza y absurdo, profundidad y...