Historia de dos monjes peregrinos

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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...

Mediante una serie de historias de vida que se introducen en los rincones más íntimos y secretos de la vida cotidiana femenina, el lector se adentrará en un universo de relaciones entre mujeres y curanderas, sujetos que tuvieron que construirse como personas a partir de la negociación constante entre los estereotipos femeninos de la cultura católica barroca y las experiencias personales que no siempre coincidieron con aquellas creencias preconcebidas. Amor y desamor, enfermedad y curación, maternidad y deseo son los hilos conductores que cruzan los relatos de este libro. En sus...

La civilización islámica prosperó enormemente en sus primeros mil años de vida, desde las revelaciones a Mahoma en el siglo VII hasta los grandes imperios islámicos del siglo XVI. Mientras los europeos padecían la Edad Oscura, los musulmanes de ciudades como Jerusalén, Damasco, Alejandría, Fez, Túnez, El Cairo y Bagdad hacían extraordinarios avances en la filosofía, la ciencia, la medicina, la literatura y el arte. Este libro, accesible y apasionante, explora el primer milenio de la cultura islámica destruyendo estereotipos e ilustrando a los lectores sobre los acontecimientos y...