Los exvotos del occidente de México

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Sobre el apellido Borgia corre, incluso hoy día, toda una leyenda negra equiparable a la que se fue creando sobre la Monarquía Hispánica de los Austrias españoles. Leyenda que nos informa de envenenamientos, intentos de asesinato diversos y otros conseguidos, todos ellos por orden, instigación o comisión directa, de nada menos que un pontífice romano. También le acompañan otros matices más truculentos: el incesto entre padre e hija (Alejandro VI y Lucrecia), el libertinaje de ésta y la sagacidad para llevar a cabo actos funestos de quien era, supuestamente, nada menos que hija y...

Roma logró integrar en su estructura social y administrativa a numerosos pueblos y comunidades dentro de un vasto imperio. En la presente obra se analiza la evolución de las instituciones romanas, concretamente de la edilidad, desde su nacimiento hasta su implantación en el ámbito local, realizando un completo estudio sociológico de las élites locales hispanas que lograron desempeñar esta magistratura.

Nazi Wives is a fascinating look at the personal lives, psychological profiles, and marriages of the wives of officers in Hitler's inner circle. Goering, Goebbels, Himmler, Heydrich, Hess, Bormann—names synonymous with power and influence in the Third Reich. Perhaps less familiar are Carin, Emmy, Magda, Margaret, Lina, Ilse and Gerda... These are the women behind the infamous men—complex individuals with distinctive personalities who were captivated by Hitler and whose everyday lives were governed by Nazi ideology. Throughout the rise and fall of Nazism these women loved and lost, raised...