Historia breve de México

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...

711-712: conquista islámica de Hispania.1212: batalla de Las Navas de Tolosa.1412: Compromiso de Caspe.1512: incorporación de Navarra a Castilla.Los centenarios de aquellos sucesos confluyen en 2012. Es cierto que las conmemoraciones de centenarios tienen mucho de coyuntural, pero también lo es que pueden ser ocasión para mostrar al público algunos aspectos de la historia que, de otra manera, no llamarían su atención.

Del fondo de la tierra surge nuestro grito, (…) Que nada ya detenga esta guerra nuestra, si es una guerra santa y vamos con la cruz. Rompamos las cadenas la Patria nos espera… – Himno de la Brigada de Asalto 2506 Infundidos por el llamado de este himno de batalla, el 17 de abril de 1961, un pequeño ejército de cubanos idealistas voluntarios desembarcó en la costa meridional de Cuba a unirse a la infeliz contienda mi-litar que sería conocida por el mundo entero como la Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos. A aquellos hombres valientes se les honraría con el nombre de su compañía: la...

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