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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...

Obra crítica, incisiva y documentada que señala nuestros defectos así como el potencial del que disponemos, en un apasionado alegato que busca un país mejor.

The storied town of Durango is situated on the farmlands of the Ancestral Puebloans, which later became the hunting grounds for the Southern Utes, in the Animas River Valley of southwestern Colorado. Founded in 1880 as the headquarters of the Silverton branch of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, Durango became the supply depot for gold and silver mines up and down the Western Slope. One of the few old-time cowboy towns in Colorado that retains the vibrancy of a self-supporting downtown of hotels, restaurants, and retail businesses, Durango has worked actively to restore and remodel historic ...

Cuando planteamos la investigación sobre la escritura histórica y sobre el cambio en el régimen de historicidad1 en el siglo XIX en Colombia,2 es tamos enfrentando los dilemas que en torno al pasado, a la memoria y a sus representaciones afronta nuestra sociedad. A menudo ronda la pregunta sobre la utilidad del conocimiento histórico en una época en la que la inmediatez es la medida de profundidad que rige el conocimiento y en la que el pasado, a menudo, es considerado un lastre que hay que deshechar.3 No obstante, el conocimiento histórico sigue proveyéndonos de mecanismos para...