Kino en California. Textos, cartografías y testimonios 1683-1711

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Pilar Máynez presenta una selección de los textos, extraídos de la Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España de fray Bernardino de Sahagún, sobre las fiestas, los rituales y las supersticiones de los antiguos mexicanos. Ante la imaginación del lector desfilarán la indumentaria de los participantes en las ceremonias, sus formas de abstinencia y los diferentes sacrificios que hacían cada mes. Asimismo se enterará de cómo concebían el universo los antiguos mexicanos y del destino que les deparaba el signo calendárico de su nacimiento. El pensamiento mágico y la profunda...

La revuelta de las Comunidades de Castilla (1520-1521) es uno de los grandes problemas de la España Moderna. Numerosos historiadores se han ocupado de su dimensión política, institucional y social. A su vez, ha sido un elemento destacado en la memoria histórica de los últimos siglos, generando diversas conmemoraciones, obras artísticas e identificaciones políticas. El presente libro se centra en los aspectos religiosos y culturales de la revuelta contra Carlos V, perspectiva generalmente ausente en las aproximaciones. Para ello, se realiza un recorrido por la demonización de los...