Contrarreforma y religiosidad popular en Cantabria

Durante los Tiempos Modernos en la Europa Occidental se asistió a una expansión de la ley penal y de los aparatos judiciales destinados a aplicarla. Descuartizamientos y mutilaciones con escarnio púbico y ejemplaridad, hasta lograr la muerte del condenado eran parte de lo narrado en la más duras sentencias. Foucault ha interpretado, a partir de estas narraciones, que los gobernantes absolutos, por medio de esos castigos, intentaban convertir a los súbditos, penados y espectadores, en cuerpos dóciles, gente con limitada capacidad para oponerse a los proyectos absolutistas y al avance de...

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CUBA 1959 is a fictional novel written in the Spanish language that recounts the determination and success of a group of young Cubans resisting against Fidel Castro's takeover of the island on January 1, 1959. Their political organization, the Brigada de Accion Popular manages to escape Castro's vindictive militias, and form an insurgent government inside Cuban territory; from there on the novel embarks on a fast-paced, entertaining and suspenseful narrative. As the author says: "it could have made the difference". Readers, Cuban or not will enjoy this novel's creativity, action and profound...

?Hombre casi analfabeto, Carlomagno supo valorar la cultura clásica por lo que llamó a sabios de Constantinopla y reconoció la cultura del latín y la Iglesia Católica como vertebradores de las culturas romana y germánica. Historia apasionante de un hombre lleno de brío y sagacidad para unir, no sólo territorios sino voluntades y objetivos. Sus dotes para la guerra y la administración de los territorios facilitaron el desarrollo de los hechos.? (Web Artes hoy) ?En un texto ameno y de fácil lectura se nos presenta la figura de este gran hombre en medio de datos históricos,...

American military aviation reached a low point after World War I, lagging behind its European counterparts and facing a peacetime battle for survival. To raise the public profile of aviation, military leaders encouraged their pilots to enter air shows and vie for speed, endurance, and altitude records. As a result, U.S. Army airmen daringly accomplished the first flight around the world in 1924, three years before Charles Lindbergh's famous solo flight. In Around the World in 175 Days, Carroll V. Glines recounts this adventure from the golden age of aviation. After two years of planning, four ...