LA EDAD MEDIA: SIGLOS V-XII

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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...

El ilustre historiador Carl E. Schorske reune una serie de ensayos en los que se pone de manifiesto el lugar cambiante que ha ocupado la historia en las culturas de los siglos XIX y XX. En la mayor parte de los campos artisticos e intelectuales, los europeos y norteamericanos del siglo XX han pensado sin la historia. Esto contrasta extraordinariamente con el historicismo del siglo XIX en el que las ideas sobre el pasado dominaban la mayor parte de los campos del pensamiento. Estas actitudes son formas diferentes mediante las cuales se trata de abordar los problemas de la modernidad.

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