Pancho Villa. El personaje y su mito

Perhaps the opening paragraph from Paul Larson¿s (Baylor University) prologue to the Epistola ad Mahomatem II summarizes what this new Scripta Humanistica volume has to offer to readers of literature and history alike: ¿This new scholarly edition certainly begs the question: how can a fifteenth century letter from the then Pope Pius II to the Muslim conqueror of Constantinople have any relevance for contemporary scholars and students in the early 21st century? Embroiled as we are in chaotic and tumultuous religious and political conflict in Europe and the Middle East, perhaps the answer is...

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¿Dónde están las lesbianas en el siglo XIX? Este flash ensayo forma parte del celebrado libro Señoras que se empotraron hace mucho, en el que se presenta a mujeres que, de un modo u otro, desafiaron las convenciones sociales a través de expresar abiertamente su sexualidad. En este caso, hallamos una selección de algunas de las señoras que amaron a otras mujeres en el siglo XIX, entre las cuales podríamos destacar a Anne Lister y sus diarios codificados, a la actriz Charlotte Cushman o a la anarquista Marie Equi, que luchó por los derechos de obreros, mujeres y el colectivo LGTBQ....

A importância da conciliação política sempre foi discutida e esteve presente no Brasil. Depois de proclamada a independência, o país viveu um primeiro reinado conturbado e, no período regencial, foi abalado por novas disputas políticas e uma série de revoltas provinciais. A elite política brasileira temia que toda essa instabilidade levasse o Império à desagregação, assim como aconteceu com a América hispânica. O interesse em promover uma ampla conciliação política, que amainasse a crise e consolidasse o Estado imperial, tornou-se uma constante nas décadas seguintes,...