El antiguo Oriente

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En las Cartas de relación, Hernán Cortés informaba al emperador Carlos V sobre los descubrimientos en el nuevo continente y los grandes sucesos de la Conquista. Extraído de dichas epístolas, en el relato La gran Tenochtitlan, Cortés describe sus primeras impresiones respecto al encuentro con una de las más destacadas civilizaciones indígenas: la ciudad de Tenochtitlan, el transcurrir de la vida en una ciudad lacustre, la hermosa arquitectura de sus templos y la enorme riqueza natural de los alrededores. El doctor Ernesto de la Torre Villar subraya las virtudes de esta misiva escrita...

El Breviari de Martí d'Aragó és una de les obres més atractives del període baixmedieval en la Corona d'Aragó. El seu estudi es revela com una tasca fonamental per a comprendre l’aparició i la difusió del gòtic internacional en dos zones geogràfiques concretes: el Principat de Catalunya i el regne de València. La possibilitat d’analitzar aquesta ambiciosa obra, s'havia plantejada ja durant la realització de la tesi de doctorat dedicada a la producció miniaturística catalana del gòtic internacional, però les limitacions imposades pel marc, tant cronològic com formal, van...