Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory 2017

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Traducción de una crónica persa del siglo XIII. Travesía de misión diplomática para recibir apoyos económicos de los monarcas cristianos (Europa Occidental) y obtener respaldo papal para enfrentar expansionismo islámico en Asia, África y Europa, y conquistar Jerusalén.

En este breve ensayo Jacques Le Goff inquiere y reflexiona sobre los grandes períodos en que se divide tradicionalmente la historia de Occidente: la Antigüedad, la Edad Media y la Modernidad. Si el tiempo, materia de la historia, se da sin cortes en la experiencia, ¿cómo es posible comprender la noción de periodización, más allá de una justificación pragmática? Éste es el cuestionamiento que despliega Le Goff en estas páginas, en las que, partiendo de una disquisición sobre una "larga Edad Media", reflexiona sobre la forma en que se hace la historia en los albores del siglo XXI.