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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 historiografía es, sin duda, una de las más complejas y ricas creaciones que nos legó la Antigüedad. El exuberante estallido cultural que permitió a Grecia ser cuna de las ciencias y la filosofía, fue tradicionalmente el escena-rio en el que los estudiosos situaron su origen. Sin embargo, las últimas décadas han asistido a una auténtica revolución en el estudio de la historiografía antigua, que ha obligado a replantearse muchos de los apriorismos que caracterizaban nuestra comprensión del género historiográfico. Aunando la insustituible labor crítica de otras generaciones...

This study offers a profound study of Arrufat's play, using most recent critical trends concerning the performance aspect of the drama. It examines the genre of the drama and its relationship to the phenomenon of the Cuban Revolution, Arrufat as a Cuban playwright of the 60s and his re-writing of the Greek theme of the fratricidal fight in Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes. Also contains a recent interview with Arrufat in which he describes the social circumstances surrounding the play and some of his classical re-writing techniques.

México,Vida social y costumbres, Historia, Siglo XVI, Siglo XVII, Siglo XVIII, Siglo XIX, 1535-1821, Educación, Civilización