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Se trata de una gran investigación de corte socioeconómico sobre las prácticas sociales de la élite de funcionarios de la Real Hacienda de la Nueva España entre los años 1660 y 1780, que aporta un conocimiento novedoso y profundo sobre la historia novohispana que sin duda habra de renovar los estudios sobre el funcionamiento de las instituciones y sobre el papel de las redes sociales en el Imperio Español.

Writers and poets, academics and art critics, mathematicians and experimental scientists, churchmen and politicians, women of strong opinions gather for a summer weekend in the 1870s. Is it real, or is it a fantasy? One things sure: their debates about lifes aims, rural and urban living, love and money, civilization and belief, the social framework, the past, the present and the future take us to the heart of the Victorian dream and its reality: the idea that their society exemplified Progress. What did Progress mean? Were things (and which things) getting better? What did better mean? And for whom? The history of the world before the Victorians, from Aberdeen to Africa, showed a particular form of equality for almost everyone: an equality of poverty and no prospects, with kindness often in short supply. Victorians wanted to change that world, thought they were changing it, did change it. They did it in a human way: a melange of muddle, vision, certainty, doubt, too slow for many, too fast for some. Yet their changes were decisive both for creating the modern world, but also for revealing the dilemmas attached to mass living in urban, technological societies, as well as the moral flaws in imposing one civilizations or one persons beliefs on another. Most remarkably of all, the upheaval in making major transitions in every area of life, which produced revolutions and violence across Europe, in the Americas and in Asia, was carried out at least in Britain itself almost entirely peacefully. The past will always be a foreign country for those unwilling to engage with its people. Whether viewing the lives of rulers or the ruled, Being Victorian corrects innumerable preconceptions.

Sun Tzus "The Art of War" is a timeless classic that has guided strategists and leaders throughout the centuries. This master treatise on military strategy offers not only principles applicable to the battlefield, but also universal wisdom for meeting challenges in any walk of life. Sun Tzu explores the importance of meticulous planning, adaptability and deep understanding of the enemy. Through his teachings, the author reveals how to win battles without actually fighting them, highlighting the importance of strategic intelligence and diplomacy. This classic offers a thoughtful approach to conflict resolution and strategic decision making. With clear, straightforward language, "The Art of War" stands as an essential guide for business leaders, military strategists, and anyone looking to improve their management skills and meet challenges with tactical wisdom. Immerse yourself in this masterpiece and discover Sun Tzus timeless lessons that continue to resonate in the modern world.

"The Book of the Dead," also known as the Book for Going forth into the Day,"" is a collection of ancient Egyptian funerary texts that provides instructions and prayers to guide the soul of the deceased through the journey of the afterlife and ensure its transformation into a divine being. Composed of a series of chapters or incantations, the book describes the rituals and ceremonies necessary to ensure the individuals survival in the afterlife and eventual union with the gods.The texts of the Book of the Dead include magical formulas to protect the deceased from the dangers of the underworld, as well as invocations to obtain the help of the gods in the final judgment, where the life of the deceased will be evaluated and his or her eternal destiny determined. In addition, the book contains pictorial representations of scenes from the afterlife and the judgment of Osiris, the god of the afterlife.In short, the Book of the Dead is a spiritual and ritual guide that offers solace and guidance to the deceased on their journey into the afterlife, as well as a fascinating insight into ancient Egyptian religious beliefs and practices surrounding death and the afterlife."

This collection of essays on early modern Scotland offers new perspectives on aspects of Scottish history from 1560 to 1800. Some essays challenge accepted interpretations; others explore subjects and sources that have previously not attracted the attention of historians; all represent new research on Scottish history from the Reformation to the Enlightenment. They indicate renewed interest in an age crucial to the development of modern Scotland. Contents: Rex Stoicus George Buchanan, James VI and the Scottish Polity, Scotland, Antichrist and the Invention of Great Britain. Scottish Gaeldom, 16381651: The Vernacular Response to the Covenanting Dynamic. The Military and Ministers as Agents of Presbyterian Imperialism in England and Ireland, 16401648. Sackcloth for the Sinner or Punishment for the Crime? Church and Secular Courts in Cromwellian Scotland. York in Edinburgh: James VII and the Patronage of Learning in Scotland, 16791688. The Polite Academy and the Presbyterians, 17201770. Moderates, Managers and Popular Politics in mid-18th century Edinburgh: The Drysdale Bustle of the 1760s. Paradigms and Politics: Manners, Morals and the Rise of Henry Dundas, 17701784. Rethinking Das Adam Smith Problem. Childhood and Society in 18th Century Scotland. The Heavenly City of the 18th Century Moderate Divines.

The relationship between Scotland and England has been critical in shaping the cultural and political history of Britain over many centuries, yet historians have rarely devoted much attention to it. This book recognises the importance of viewing the national histories of Scotland and England in a wider British context, and shows how rewarding this field of study is. Ranging from the consolidation of distinct Scottish and English kingdoms to the first formation of the modern British state, the essays examine a wide variety of aspects of Anglo-Scottish relations and demonstrate the value of exploring the British dimension of the national histories of both countries.

In 2017, the anniversary of the Russian Revolution was commemorated across the world. It marked the first political implementation of Communism in November 1917 - of an ideology that was highly idealistic and ambitious to improve peoples lives on the one hand, while providing the justification for massive violence and oppressions on the other hand. In both respects, Communism had an immense impact on the 20th century and it still deeply affects both modern Russia and Germany. This collection of short essays is the result of an exchange between students of history and related subjects from Berlin and Moscow on the occasion of the anniversary in November 2017. It is a reflection on how Communism shaped our world politically, culturally and intellectually and how it is remembered and commemorated in contemporary Russia and Germany today.

Conditioned by a childhood surrounded by the rivalries of the Stewart family, and by eighteen years of enforced exile in England, James I was to prove a king very different from his elderly and conservative forerunners. This major study draws on a wide range of sources, assessing James Is impact on his kingdom. Michael Brown examines Jamess creation of a new, prestigious monarchy based on a series of bloody victories over his rivals and symbolised by lavish spending at court. He concludes that, despite the apparent power and glamour, James Is golden age had shallow roots; after a life of drastically swinging fortunes, James I was to meet his end in a violent coup, a victim of his own methods. But whether as lawgiver, tyrant or martyr, James I has cast a long shadow over the history of Scotland.

Go North! was the programmatic title of an international conference on Baltic Sea Region Studies that took place at Humboldt University of Berlin from April 4-6, 2005. It was hosted by the BalticStudyNet project, which is part of the European Unions Erasmus Mundus programme for the global promotion of European higher education. In order to discuss the past, present and future of Baltic Sea Region Studies, the Berlin conference brought together about fifty government representatives and scholars from all Baltic Sea Region countries, including Russia, as well as from the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the USA, Canada, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan. The basic idea of the Go North! conference was to encourage a fundamental change of perspective - away from intra-regional and towards extra-regional and truly global approaches to the Baltic Sea Region: How is the Baltic Sea region perceived when viewed, lets say, from Australia? What, if anything, would a Chinese student find typical, extraordinary, or even unique when looking at the region? Why should a scholar from Mexico, South Africa or India wish to do research in and/or about the Baltic Sea Region? Consequently, third country views on Europes North and the Baltic Sea Region were a feature of many of the presentations and panel discussions during the conference, which are documented in this volume.

Edinburghs reformation was one of the last of the great city reformations of the sixteenth century. It took on a highly distinctive shape due to the burghs social and economic problems and its position as a cockpit for English policy in Scotland and the shifting factionalism of Scottish politics. In studies of the Scottish Reformation, too little attention has been paid to the nature of Scottish society itself. In a society so conscious of rank, tradition and precedent, the Reformation was only likely to make progress where it did not disturb the existing order, and in Edinburgh the new religion was obliged to work within the natural constraints of burgh life. This book shows that the early promise of the Protestant reformers of a new society provoked a backlash and had to be abandoned for a new conciliatory approach. The result was that power remained in much the same hands in the 1580s as it had in the 1540s, with one real difference there was more of it.

Few Scottish historians are better known than T. C. Smout and fewer still more deserving of the high esteem in which they are held. He has made an outstanding contribution to Scottish historical studies both as an academic discipline and as a subject of wide popular appeal. His retirement in 1991 after twelve years as Professor of Scottish History at the University of St Andrews diminished neither his interest not his output. It did, however, provide a fitting opportunity to honour his accomplishments. This collection of ten essays by his friends and colleagues at St Andrews is a measure of his enormous success in promoting Scottish history there and of their respect for his achievements. Ranging widely over the Scottish past from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries, from high politics to popular protest, from shipwrecks to railway mania, form local social studies to the problem of national identity the essays pay tribute to the depth of Smouts historical understanding by reflecting the breadth of research that he has done so much to encourage.

The reign of James VI (15671625) remains one of the most enigmatic in Scottish history. There are long periods within it that resemble black holes in our knowledge. This study is a concerted attempt by a group of ten scholars of the reign, drawn from three different disciplines, to shed light on its politics and government, viewed through various perspectives. These include the royal court, which is analysed through its literature, architecture and ceremony; noble factionalism; relations with England; a revised model of tensions between church and state; and the relationship between the government and the Highlands, the Borders and the south west, a future region of opposition to Charles I. This study also analyses James as a literary author, correspondent, husband and universal king. The book offers alternatives to accepted views of the reign, dismissing both Melvillianism and laissez faire monarchy as useful tools. It sees the centre of politics as the interaction between an expanded and increasingly expensive royal court and a phenomenal growth of the state, based on a huge increase in legislation and the business of the Privy Council.

Uma história da humanidade de uma perspetiva global e completamente nova: através das famílias que moldaram o nosso mundo.Do mestre contador de histórias e autor best-seller Simon Sebag Montefiore, a historia da humanidade, desde a pre-historia ate aos dias de hoje, explicada atraves da unica coisa que todos os humanos tem em comum: a familia. Uma viagem epica e emocionante atraves das familias que moldaram o nosso mundo: os Cesares, os Medicis e os Zulus, os Otomanos e os Mughals, os Bonapartes, os Habsburgos e os Incas, os Rothschilds, os Rockefellers e os Krupps, os Churchills, os Kennedys, os Castros, entre outras Esta e a historia mundial a escala mais vasta e intima - abrangendo seculos, continentes e culturas, e ligando temas de guerra, migraço, epidemias, religio, medicina e tecnologia as pessoas no centro do drama humano. To fascinante como a ficço, O Mundo capta a historia da humanidade em toda a sua alegria, magoa, romantismo, engenho e crueldade, numa narrativa unica e inovadora, que ira alterar para sempre os limites do que a historia pode alcançar.

From the ordinary to the extraordinary, Casualties of Conflict explores the lives and deaths of over 300 individuals laid to rest in Dublins iconic burial ground. These men, women and children who perished during the tumultuous years of the War of Independence and Civil War have their stories woven together for the first time in this captivating book.Through meticulous research and first-hand accounts from witnesses and participants, Conor Dodd unearths a treasure trove of tales hidden within the cemeterys burial records. From daring ambushes and covert assassinations to clandestine spies and shocking executions, the book reveals the profound impact of these historical events on the lives of ordinary citizens.This unique exploration of Glasnevin Cemetery sheds light on the extraordinary stories of revolution that lie beneath the headstones, offering a fascinating glimpse into Irelands revolutionary past

One of the greatest stories of world exploration ever told. By the late eighteenth century, the river Niger was a 2,000-year-old two-part geographical problem. Solving it would advance European knowledge of Africa, provide a route to commercial opportunity and help eradicate the evil of slavery. Mungo Park achieved lasting fame in 1796 by solving the first part of the Niger problem which way did the river run? Park died in 1806, in circumstances which are still uncertain, in failing to solve the second where did the Niger end? Numerous expeditions explored the river in the decades following Parks death, but not until 1830 was its final course revealed following in-the-field exploration. By then, however, the Niger problem had been solved by armchair geographers who had never even visited Africa. Majestic River celebrates Mungo Parks achievements and illuminates his rich afterlife how and why he was commemorated long after his death. It is also the thrilling story of the many expeditions that sought to determine the Nigers course and the facts of Parks disappearance, as well as a biography of the Niger itself as the river slowly took shape in the European imagination. Shortlisted for the Saltire Society History Book of the Year Award

The archipelagic kingdoms of Man and the Isles that flourished from the last quarter of the eleventh century down to the middle of the thirteenth century represent two forgotten kingdoms of the medieval British Isles. They were ruled by powerful individuals, with unquestionably regnal status, who interacted in a variety of ways with rulers of surrounding lands and who left their footprint on a wide range of written documents and upon the very landscapes and seascapes of the islands they ruled. Yet British history has tended to overlook these Late Norse maritime empires, which thrived for two centuries on the Atlantic frontiers of Britain. This book represents the first ever overview of both Manx and Hebridean dynasties that dominated Man and the Isles from the late eleventh to the mid-thirteenth centuries. Coverage is broad and is not restricted to politics and warfare. An introductory chapter examines the maritime context of the kingdoms in light of recent work in the field of maritime history, while subsequent chronological and narrative chapters trace the history of the kingdoms from their origins through their maturity to their demise in the thirteenth century. Separate chapters examine the economy and society, church and religion, power and architecture.

A wide spectrum of scholars, historians, art historians, anthropologists, students of performance, students of religion, archaeologists, cognitive scientists, and linguists were all asked to think and comment on how ritual can be traced in archaeology and which ways ritual research can go in that discipline. The product is a fairly accurate representation of research on ritual and the archaeology of ritual: scholars from various disciplines, backgrounds and agendas, arguing mostly in the most logical fashion, yet with little agreement between them. So this book should not be seen as presenting one unified attitude towards ritual and its study in archaeology. It should rather be seen as a reflection of what the discourse in the archaeology of ritual is today. The outcome has been extremely thought-provoking, often controversial, but always of extremely high quality.

Throughout the history of the Christian church, two narratives have constantly clashed: the imperial logic of Babel that builds towers and borders to seize control, versus the logic of Pentecost that empowers "glocal" missionaries of the kingdom life. To what extent are Westernized Christians today ready for the church of the Pentecost narrative? Are they equipped to do ministry in different cultural modes and to handle disruption and perplexity? What are Christians to make of the Holy Spirits occasional encounters with cultures and religions of the Americas before the European conquest?Oscar Garcia-Johnson explores a new grammar for the study of theology and mission in global Christianity, especially in Latin America and the Latinx "third spaces" in North America. With an interdisciplinary, "transoccidental," and narrative approach, Spirit Outside the Gate offers a constructive theology of mission for the church in global contexts.Building on the familiar missiological metaphor of "outside the gate" established by Orlando Costas, Garcia-Johnson moves to recover important elements in ancestral traditions of the Americas, with an eye to discerning pneumatological continuity between the pre-Columbian and post-Columbian communities. He calls for a "rerouting of theology"a realization that theology cannot make its home in Christendom but is a global creation that must come home to a church without borders.In this volume Garcia-Johnson considers pneumatological insights into de/postcolonial studies traces independent epistemic contributions of the American Global South shows how American indigenous, Afro-Latinx, and immigrant communities provide resources for a decolonial pneumatology describes four transformations the American church must undergo to break free from colonial, modernist, and monocultural structures Spirit Outside the Gate opens a path for a pneumatological missiology that can help the church act as a witness to the gospel message in a postmodern, postcolonial, and post-Christendom world.Missiological Engagements charts interdisciplinary and innovative trajectories in the history, theology, and practice of Christian mission, featuring contributions by leading thinkers from both the Euro-American West and the majority world whose missiological scholarship bridges church, academy, and society.

The Book of Proverbs asks : who can find a valiant woman? (Proverbs 31:10). The text goes on to describe a woman who displays endurance, courage and resilience. Are not these the characteristics that Queenslanders have recognised in their own home-grown Sisters of Perpetual Adoration? Always a relatively small group, and despite what might be judged as overwhelming odds, these women achieved the seemingly impossible. People might judge that it was through sheer persistence and hard work that they succeeded. But there is only one source from which such energy can be found, and that is Love. Eucharist, the Sacrament of Love, tells us of life given, love poured out for the life of the other. This is what the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration learned as they spent hours each day in the company of the Sacrament of Love and then took that Love to others in the nitty-gritty of lifes realities. It is what we, too, can learn, as we enter into the story of the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration.

First published in 1938, Jacob Rader Marcuss The Jews in The Medieval World has remained an indispensable resource for its comprehensive view of Jewish historical experience from late antiquity through the early modern period, viewed through primary source documents in English translation. In this new work based on Marcuss classic source book, Marc Saperstein has recast the volumes focus, now fully centered on Christian Europe, updated the works organizational format, and added seventy-two new annotated sources. In his compelling introduction, Saperstein supplies a modern and thought-provoking discussion of the changing values that influence our understanding of history, analyzing issues surrounding periodization, organization, and inclusion. Through a vast range of documents written by Jews and Christians, including historical narratives, legal opinions, martyrologies, memoirs, polemics, epitaphs, advertisements, folktales, ethical and pedagogical writings, book prefaces and colophons, commentaries, and communal statutes, The Jews in Christian Europe allows the actors and witnesses of events to speak for themselves.