Afrotopía

Se analizan los momentos y aspectos políticos, sociales y culturales más destacables del proceso de helenización del mundo romano, que comenzando en el siglo III a.C. culminó con la Koiné cultural y política que se produce en el Mediterráneo en el siglo II a.C.

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Esta obra pretende acercar al lector a la sociedad gallega de la Alta Edad Media, combinando la rigurosidad científica con un lenguaje claro y accesible a todo tipo de público. Para ello, cada uno de sus capítulos tiene como protagonista aun personaje histórico real, siguiendo un orden cronológico, que sirve como elemento introductorio a los diversos temas que aborda el libro. El autor, Carlos Baliñas Pérez, es doctor en Historia y profesor de Historia Medieval de Galicia en la Facultad de Humanidades de Lugo (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela).

Present-day medievalists regard it as an undisputed fact that Arabic culture - especially science - influenced the Latin Middle Ages in a multitude of ways. However, more detailed research is needed into the conditions, background and context of this 'cultural exchange', a task undertaken by the present volume in 44 papers from a variety of disciplines.