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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...

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...

Los hombres de la Edad Media tenían clara la distinción entre el temor y el miedo. Mientras que el primero es producto del amor, del amor verdadero, que es el amor de Dios, el segundo procede del espanto. A finales de la Edad Media no es raro encontrar menciones del temor para caracterizar lo que el súbdito está obligado a sentir por su rey, pero, hasta el siglo XIV, esta emoción venía aplicándose casi de manera exclusiva a la relación entre la criatura y su creador. A partir de entonces, las resistencias a la absolutización del poder regio, que provocaba cierta equiparación entre...

Esta amplia historia social de la cama cubre los últimos setenta mil años. Brian Fagan y Nadia Durrani analizan el papel infinitamente variado de este mueble a lo largo del tiempo. Este era un lugar para el sexo, la muerte, el parto, la narración de historias y la socialización, así como para dormir. Es apenas en la era moderna que la cama se ha transformado en una zona privada y oculta, y en gran medida su rica historia social ha quedado en el olvido.