Manual de Historia Medieval

Un viaje apasionante por la historia del amor en la época de los trovadores que muestra cómo vivían las personas este sentimiento. Tristán e Isolda, Eloísa y Abelardo... El amor fue una inspiración divina para los autores de la Edad Media. Los trovadores proponían un nuevo arte de amar y elaboraron un “mapa de la ternura”. Las obras literarias de la época nos hablan del amor, sin olvidar la sexualidad, puesto que los vecinos árabes poseían una cultura refinada del arte amoroso y todo esto terminó influyendo enormemente a sus contemporáneos medievales. Aunque, para la Iglesia,...

In this historical study, Lara Medina examines the early development and continuing influence of Las Hermanas, a feminist organization established in 1971 to counter the patriarchy and Eurocentrism of the U.S. Catholic Church. Medina weaves archival research and oral interviews into a cohesive narrative that highlights the keen ethnic and political awareness among the movement's leaders and participants. Medina also illuminates the strides made by Las Hermanas in undermining and reorienting the male-dominated structure of both the Catholic ministry and the Chicano civil rights movement. By...

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Panorama completo de la historia guatemalteca a partir de la Conquista española y, sobre todo, de la Independencia, en 1821, hasta la actualidad. Si bien se hace hincapié en los procesos políticos, no se descuida lo social, lo económico y lo cultural.