Sangre de baguales

El Escorial is more than a monument to the zeal of Spain’s Catholicism; it is also a symbol of Spain at its imperial apogee. This imposing, granite edifice was built by King Philip II to celebrate Spain’s victory over the French at Saint-Quentin on August 10, 1557. Paid for with New-World gold, this sprawling monastery-palace is laid out in a vast grid of corridors and courtyards. At its heart is the austere Doric basilica of San Lorenzo el Real - beneath which are the remains of eleven Spanish kings, including Philip. The story of this fascinating, enduring symbol of Spain’s monarchy...

"Inventario de los libros que han tenido ingreso en la seretaría de la Real academía," 1922-29, with v. 83, 85, 87, 89, 91-92, 96, 99.

A partir de las interrogantes formuladas por Maye Primera y de las respuestas ofrecidas por cada uno de los entrevistados, se exponen aquí reflexiones diversas y actuales sobre distintos tópicos relacionados con el proceso y los sucesos que tuvieron lugar hace doscientos años atendiendo, al mismo tiempo, al sentido y la trascendencia de la Independencia para los venezolanos del presente. La formulación de un proyecto republicano, sus fundamentos modernos y liberales; el lento proceso de construcción de una sociedad democrática; las tensiones y enfrentamientos que suscitó la sanción...

This study is a highly innovative body of research on the supply of raw material in prehistoric Iberia. The archaeological assemblages from recently excavated sites in north-eastern Spain are clearly presented, as are the various methods for the characterisation of flints and the determination of geological origins. The study is important in terms of the new data provided on raw material supply at the end of the Upper Palaeolithic in Iberia and a reconstruction of mobility patterns and resource exploitation of hunter-gatherer groups during the Pleistocene/Holocene transition. In Spanish.