Lecciones de la Historia

El autor examina las descripciones del emblema fundacional de Tenochtitlan, antecedente del Escudo Nacional, que se encuentran explícitas en las fuentes prehispánicas y en documentación indígena e hispana producida en el periodo colonial. Se indaga cuándo, por qué y en qué circunstancias pudo haberse creado ese símbolo. Se rastrea, asimismo, el itinerario que el emblema del águila y la serpiente siguió durante la Colonia hasta su instauración definitiva como símbolo del actual Estado nacional.

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La mejor novela de Vita Sackville-West, admirada por Virginia Woolf y convertida en un clásico. «Toda la elegancia, toda la ironía y, bajo una tersa superficie, una buena dosis de veneno. Una lectura muy sabrosa.» Rosa Montero «Se preguntó qué heridas eran más profundas: las desgarradas heridas de la realidad, o las hondas e invisibles magulladuras de la imaginación.» Lord Slane, baluarte del Imperio y gran estadista, ha muerto. Le sobreviven su viuda y seis hijos dispuestos a ocuparse de ella. Pero Lady Slane tiene otros planes: la sumisa esposa y complaciente madre quiere al fin...

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...