Historias de España contemporánea

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...

El calificativo rezuma deliberada meditación, porque no es poca ventura que a tus manos llegue un libro como este sobre el navío Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza, señero protagonista de la carrera Manila-Acapulco.Veamos por qué.Ante todo, por su carácter de primicia. Hasta ahora no ha habido quien osara hurgar en el fárrago documental que escondía sus orígenes, avatares y desaparición definitiva. En segundo lugar, la presente obra constituye un acopio inverosímil de datos con su intricada urdimbre que únicamente un espíritu avizor y perito fuera capaz de desentrañar con tal...

En este recorrido por el siglo XX sevillano, escrito con perspectiva y estilo periodísticos, como unos modernos anales, de fácil lectura y consulta, se ofrecen unas crónicas del pasado más reciente, tan cercano en el tiempo y tan lejano en la memoria colectiva sometida a la vorágine informativa de nuestra época.

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