Azúcar y esclavitud en el final del trabajo forzado

El circo romano, la arena de los gladiadores, el dedo inclemente del emperador, la turba ebria de sangre y la fe de los mártires cristianos conforman un capítulo de la historia universal que es símbolo de todo un 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...

La imagen exterior de España cristalizó hace tiempo, conformando un conjunto de rasgos que, en puridad, se reducen a unos pocos estereotipos en los cuales la mayor parte de los españoles no nos reconocemos, aunque, paradójicamente, hayamos terminado por aceptarlos en el plano colectivo; este libro estudia cómo los viajeros europeos del XIX crearon esta imagen falsificada de España y los españoles.