Don Quijote, rey de España

Un recorrido fascinante por la edad de oro de la cultura rusa, por el autor de Los europeos. En una escena de Guerra y paz, la condesa Natasha, educada en Europa, escucha una danza folclórica rusa e instintivamente se lanza a bailar. Este emocionante momento literario con el que arranca El baile de Natasha simboliza las sensibilidades y los impulsos compartidos y a menudo contradictorios que dieron lugar a una de las culturas más deslumbrantes del mundo. En esta obra maestra, Orlando Figes explora con elegancia, rigor y un maravilloso talento narrativo las poderosas y complejas fuerzas...

James Lockhart hace un recorrido a partir de 1545 hasta 1770 para descifrar usos y costumbres, organizacion politica y social, rasgos culturales como la escritura, las ciencias y las artes, asi como la vida religiosa de los nahuas, para situarlos como una de las culturas mas ricas en cuanto a presencia historica y simbologia etnica, todo lo cual le confiere el rango de protagonista audaz del encuentro de dos mundos.

This book deals with the evangelization of Spanish-speaking America between the European conquest and independence. The study investigates the concepts and strategies of catechesis, the general conditions of Church law and national politics as well as the prerequisites and conditions on the part of the Indians. New and specific forms of mutual understanding, of mediation and resistance developed through the transfer of European knowledge to a second geographical area and through the contact of cultures and religions. These new forms evolved beyond the sphere of religion and determine cultural ...

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