La cuarta trama

This book deals with the evangelization of Spanish-speaking America between the European conquest and independence. The study investigates the concepts and strategies of catechesis, the general conditions of Church law and national politics as well as the prerequisites and conditions on the part of the Indians. New and specific forms of mutual understanding, of mediation and resistance developed through the transfer of European knowledge to a second geographical area and through the contact of cultures and religions. These new forms evolved beyond the sphere of religion and determine cultural ...

This book presents a detailed analysis of the Soviet armed forces during the final days of the war, covering the soldiers that successfully turned the tide against the Nazi onslaught and pushed it back into Germany itself. This final part of the series documents the Red Army's push through Germany to Berlin, which eventually culminated in the surrender of the German forces to the Allies in 1945. It also offers a detailed breakdown of all the armed forces that conducted the offensive campaigns on the Eastern Front, including the army, air force, paratroopers, navy and NKVD troops. It also...

Por terribles que sean las consecuencias de las guerras, a lo largo de la historia casi todas las sociedades han empleado argumentos para disculpar o animar su práctica. A este respecto, la Edad Media representa en la historia de Occidente un período en el que se formaron o consolidaron las razones que, desde entonces, vienen siendo empleadas para justificar el uso de la fuerza, la muerte violenta y la destrucción masiva de los adversarios. Fueron las sociedades medievales de Europa occidental las que desarrollaron un conjunto de principios jurídicos, morales y religiosos tendentes a...

Maestro de muchas generaciones, tuvo el privilegio de darles voz a los vencidos y que ésta se escuchara en todos los confines de la Tierra.