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Los estudios de los últimos decenio han venido a corregir la imagen de los siglos posteriores al final del Imperio romano como tiempos oscuros y han desechado la percepción de este periodo en clave de retroceso y primitivismo.

Pocos lugares en el mundo han levantado una fascinación parecida a la Alhambra de Granada. Desde su construcción a su conquista, desde su recuperación hasta su puesta en valor como monumento único, el conjunto alhambreño ha sido objeto de elogio, de admiración, de estudio e inspiración. Cristina Viñes Millet ha recuperado las más bellas, acertadas y singulares opiniones que los viajeros románticos dejaron escritas tras su visita a la Alhambra. La autora no se ha conformado con recopilar los textos sino que los ha contextualizado con respecto a su época. Al leerlos tenemos la...

Traces the history of the Jews in Spain until the expulsion in 1492 in regard to relations between the Crown, the Church, and the populace regarding the Jews and Conversos. Discusses, also, the fate of the Conversos during the 16th century. Focuses on Castile, with special attention to the city of Ávila. Asserts that anti-Jewish hostility in Spain, already from the time of the Visigoths, was not based on racism, but rather on negative religious stereotypes rooted in the minds of the populace and of the lower clergy, as well as on socioeconomic factors, such as the rise of Jews to dominant...