Encrucijadas Globales

En la década de los cincuenta del siglo pasado Daniel Cosío Villegas integró a un grupo de historiadores para elaborar la Historia moderna de México, finalmente publicada en diez gruesos volúmenes, resultado de diez años de investigación. Esta obra abarca desde la República Restaurada hasta el Porfiriato. El Colegio de México, fiel al compromiso de Cosío Villegas, decidió concluir los trabajos para ofrecer una historia integra de la primera mitad del siglo pasado. Así, lo que el lector tiene en sus manos, ahora en ocho volúmenes, es, finalmente, la conclusión del proyecto y el...

With its 27 contributions, this volume presents most of the papers delivered at the "XVe Colloque du Comite International de Paleographie". The conference's focus was regional and supra-regional influences on the development of Latin script from late antiquity and the early medieval period to the beginning of modern times. The geographic area considered in the articles spans the Iberian Peninsula and Central Europe to Iceland. In their contributions, the authors have attempted to show the impact that not only local conditions but also European cultural and intellectual centres had on the...

Villarroel dio a su actividad literaria un carácter utilitario, publicó sus obras «con el beneficio de la suscripción». Incluso reconocía que el propósito último de publicar libros era económico: «Tú dirás que Torres ha hecho negocio en burlarse de sí mismo y yo diré que tienes razón como soy cristiano».

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