Fragmentos de historia ambiental colombiana

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...

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A la muerte de su padre en 1598, Felipe III heredó un gigantesco imperio que inexorablemente exigía ser mantenido por la fuerza de las armas. El nuevo rey, con sus veinte años apenas recién cumplidos, era renuente a esa fatalidad y procuró no emprender nuevas aventuras militares. A pesar de la mejor voluntad real, las inmensas posesiones españolas se vieron una y otra vez atacadas y, en solo diez años, obligaron a sus ejércitos a mantener 162 batallas repartidas por todos los confines terrestres. Hasta ahora, la historiografía convencional solía tratar aquellos encuentros que se...

Análisis histórico de la evolución de las sociedades indígenas de la región de Oaxaca durante los siglos XVII y XVIII, periodo en el cual reformularon creativamente sus identidades étnicas mediante una adecuada interacción entre la dimensión imaginaria y los planos social y político.