La historia a través del cine

Cuando los primeros colonos llegaron a los Estados Unidos de América y comenzaron a buscarse la vida en aquel entorno natural, tan duro y poco familiar para gentes procedentes de Europa, jamás habrían podido soñar que, algún día, esa tierra que pisaban se convertiría en uno de los países más poderosos del mundo.

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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...

Diego de Rosales fue, sin lugar a dudas, el escritor más importante del siglo XVII chileno y una de las figuras religiosas y políticas más destacadas de la Colonia. Sus obras principales Historia general del Reino de Chile, Flandes Indiano y la Conquista espiritual del Reino de Chile son fuentes indispensables para el estudio de la historia colonial chilena. El Manifiesto apologético, escrito al mismo tiempo que estas obras, es de capital importancia para entender el pensamiento político y evangelizador de Rosales y de la orden jesuita a la cual pertenecía, pues explicita las bases...