Inquisición y sociedad en México, 1571-1700

Esta obra trata de desmantelar algunos de los prejuicios dominantes en la visión de la historia del México virreinal y de advertir acerca de la forma en que éstos han contribuido a distorsionar la imagen del pasado.

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 A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo.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...

Reconstrucción histórica y analítica de los aspectos esenciales de las guerras a lo largo de la historia de la humanidad, con importantes aportes científicos y prácticos para la comprensión de las relaciones de los conflictos armados con la política, la economía y la subsistencia de los pueblos. La he advertido también en los recuerdos de oficiales alemanes —reincorporados a filas para constituir el ejército alemán de la posguerra— que habían luchado contra los rusos en la estepa, mientras hablaban con orgullo de unos padecimientos que recordaban las experiencias de sus...

Obra imprescindible para todo aquél que quiera entender e interpretar el papel de la Península Ibérica Musulmana o la “identidad andalusí”.

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