El conquistador conquistado

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Este libro indaga con erudici n acad mica y talento literario en el porqu de esta fascinaci n por un emperador romano cuyos actos -extravagantes, de ordinario escandalosos y a menudo repulsivos- simbolizan la decadencia de Roma, y cuyo retorno, sin embargo, siempre se aguard en los siglos posteriores a su muerte con una mezcla de esperanza y miedo. En una revisi n del relato hist rico el experto Edward Champlin expone la l gica que animaba la teatralidad exacerbada de los gestos de Ner n, y que fuentes hostiles e interesadas unidas a la imaginaci n popular aprovecharon Para eternizar la...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Conocido en Occidente como un «noble infiel», el gran sultán Saladino llevó a las fuerzas musulmanas a la reconquista de los reinos cruzados y recuperó Jerusalén para el Islam en 1178. Esta historia delimita así el papel de Saladino en la lucha entre el Islam y la Cristiandad durante el siglo XII. Siguiendo la vida del sultán desde la creación de los estados cruzados en Palestina, pasando por su victoria sobre los «francos» y acabando con las incidencias de la Tercera Cruzada, Möhring analiza los éxitos que alcanzó Saladino en la unión de los musulmanes del Próximo Oriente, su ...