Poesías; Publicadas Por Albert F. Kuersteiner

The abolition of judicial torture—alongside the eradication of both slavery and capital punishment—was one of the most consequential issues debated in eighteenth-century continental Europe. A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo. Seeking support for its publication, he forwarded the manuscript to Prime Minister Manuel Godoy in 1795. The savvy Spanish politician, however, not only rejected the text but also warned its author against further...

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Primera visión de conjunto de las actividades arqueológicas desarrolladas en Andalucía durante la Ilustración. Mediante el análisis de la documentación gráfica y administrativa, desconocida o no suficientemente valorada, el autor trata de sistematizar los primeros intentos de catalogar y conservar el patrimonio arqueológico, así como su difusión.

Una joven historiadora descubre el diario de Blas, un esclavo que se convirtió en espía durante la época de las batallas por la Independencia de Colombia. El diario cuenta de sus viajes por el territorio, sus recuerdos de infancia en la hacienda, y de dos compañeros, el negro Narciso y el indígena Pablo, que sin quererlo le enseñan a sobrevivir y a cuestionarse su rol en la revolución. Este libro de aventura, basado en documentos históricos, escrito por Hugo Chaparro e ilustrado por Iván Cruz, cuenta una manera diferente de ver la historia oficial que ya conocemos. Esta serie (Las...