Memoria roja

The abolition of judicial torture—alongside the eradication of both slavery and capital punishment—was one of the most consequential issues debated in eighteenth-century continental Europe. A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo. Seeking support for its publication, he forwarded the manuscript to Prime Minister Manuel Godoy in 1795. The savvy Spanish politician, however, not only rejected the text but also warned its author against further...

Ce codex est à l'origine un document pictographique constitué de la liste des tributs que doit supporter le village d'Otlazpan. Il est accompagné de deux types de textes écrits en espagnol, l'un provenant probablement d'un scribe autochtone, l'autre d'un fonctionnaire espagnol. Il s'agit d'un témoignage éclairant de la société née de la Conquête et de la misère dont les impôts locaux des autochtones furent progressivement captés par les Espagnols. (ouvrage rédigé en espagnol)

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.

The ancient Maya used mainly stone tools, made of either ground stone and chipped stone, to achieve their extraordinary development. This book presents the techno-typological analysis of lithic materials from La Blanca, located in the heart of the Southern Lowlands, which was mainly inhabited during the Late Classic and Terminal Classic periods.