Alfonso X el Sabio

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...

Trabajos historiogr ficos del gran americanista que se ocupan de distintos temas. Van del puro ensayo hist rico a la cr tica y rese a del quehacer literario pasando por la biograf a del descubridor de Am rica. Incluye un estudio de la influencia que la Generaci n de 98 ejerci sobre el pensamiento hispanoamericano.

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A principios del siglo XVII, la mirada de un embajador veneciano representa al Inquisidor General como ?la mayor cosa de aquel Reino?. Dibujado en las Cortes de Cádiz como un ?verdadero soberano?, el Inquisidor General es el ?Jefe de la Inquisición?, el superior jerárquico del Santo Oficio español, la cabeza de la organización. Sin embargo, su perfil institucional todavía es un misterio. ¿Quiénes fueron los hombres que gobernaron la Inquisición española?, ¿quién y cómo los eligió y los nombró?, ¿qué poderes ejercen?, ¿con quién entran en conflicto?, ¿cómo es su relación...