Los "teatros" de la memoria

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 A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo.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

Aunque Francisco López de Gómara nunca estuvo en América, la Historia general de las Indias y conquista de México (1552), fue muy difundida en su época. Los hechos le fueron contados por el propio Cortés y otros expedicionarios. La Historia general de las Indias es una auténtica sucesión pormenorizada de aquellos acontecimientos, una crónica ordenada y bien insertada en la historia, escrita con estilo elegante, y llena de citas de los clásicos; una exaltación épica de Hernán Cortés, al estilo de Plutarco. Respecto a los indígenas, su punto de vista fue el oficial, opuesto al de ...

"Inventario de los libros que han tenido ingreso en la secretaría de la Real academía," 1922-29, with v. 83, 85, 87, 89, 91-92, 96, 99.

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