La época medieval

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Pocos casos existen donde una lengua conquistada haya podido convertirse en la lengua oficial de un Estado y hablada por la mayoría de su población. La lengua guaraní, de raíz indígena, pervive a través de los siglos y se expande geográficamente. Poblaciones indígenas y no indígenas habitantes de Paraguay, Argentina, Brasil, Bolivia, España, Estados Unidos mantienen viva una lengua a la que constantemente se le ha dado la extremaunción. En esta obra se comparten estudios desde la historia, la sociología, la pedagogía y la lingüística que dan cuenta de la vigencia y riqueza del...

A riveting, comprehensive history of the Arab people and tribes that explores the role of language as a cultural touchstone. This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab people and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this process to the origins of the Arabic language, rather than the advent of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith begins his narrative more than a thousand years before Muhammad and focuses on how Arabic, both spoken and written, has functioned as a vital source...

Que fut ce Pedro de Luna qui a été surnommé le Pape de la mer ? Un obstiné, un conquérant, un mystique ? Les trois sans doute. En ce prophète, qui semble avoir pressenti la Réforme, se manifeste le génie politique de l’Aragon, qui s’incarnera à la fin du XVe siècle en Ferdinand avant de trouver son théoricien en Balthazar Gracian. Ainsi cette grande figure de Pedro de Luna se dresse aux sources de l’Espagne comme au début des temps modernes. Il a fallu à Christian Murciaux six ans de patientes recherches et de méditations pour évoquer, en romancier, le destin d’un homme ...