Los Mommsen

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 ...

"Fue hacia fines de 1826 cuando el ministro de la guerra, Gómez Pedraza, pudo hacer maniobrar, en la plaza de armas de México, el primer batallón completamente armado y equipado según el gusto moderno o el modelo francés". Así califica Claudio Linati, en su libro Costumes Civils, Militaires et Religieux du Mexique, la organización del ejército a cinco años del nacimiento de México, como país independiente. Esa observación autoriza preguntar sobre el papel que jugó francés" -hombres, ideas, mercancías y capitales- en la modernización del país, y a indagar su contribución en...

A les darreries de l'edat mitjana, el patrimoni de la Corona a les comarques de la Vall d'Albaida i l'Alcoià estava format per les viles d'Ontinyent, Alcoi, Biar, Bocairent i Penàguila, enquadrades administrativament per les seues respectives batllies locals. D'elles extreia la monarquia unes rendes d'accentuat caràcter agrari, on predominaven el terç-delme, els monopolis reials -forns, molins, carnisseries- i els tributs fixos de la peita i la cena. El caràcter estable dels tipus impositius d'aquests drets i les modalitats de la seua gestió -arrendaments, emfiteusi- limitaven la...

A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore. In these pages, Robert Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal cathedral to a postmodern restaurant with a glass-walled urinal. The result is a work filled with the attributes of Barcelona itself: proportion, humor, and seny—the Catalan word for triumphant common...