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El Archivo Simón Ruiz, crucial para entender la actividad económica y financiera a mediados del siglo XVI, alberga la correspondencia entre el que fuera corregidor de Medina del Campo y uno de los hombres de negocios mas importantes en la epoca de Felipe II, y la familia Gomes de Elvas. Los inicios comerciales de esta familia se gestaron en la ciudad fronteriza que da nombre a su linaje. Las fuentes documentales consultadas en esta localidad y las cartas remitidas a Medina del Campo permiten reconstruir el camino que condujo a los Gomes de Elvas a convertirse en una de las casas de negocios mas importantes de Portugal.Este libro va mas alla de una perspectiva meramente economica y ahonda en los estudios de familia y empresa, analizando el comportamiento de la familia Gomes de Elvas y sus estrategias empresariales, un camino que no solo los condujo al exito economico, sino tambien al ennoblecimiento de varios de sus miembros. Este hito es especialmente relevante, pues su exito se consumo con la obtencion de un prestigioso oficio, como es el de correo mayor, que se transformara en un cargo hereditario con el que asegurar el estatus economico y su influencia social a lo largo de diversas generaciones.

She was the great-grandmother of Europe. Her descendants sit on thrones across the continent to this day. But Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was all but written out of history.Fascinating, rigorously researched and vividly told...[a] groundbreaking biography. - Dr Anna WhitelockAn invaluable study of the little-known Princess without whom the course of British and European history would have been so very different. Robert HardmanIn 1846, the eyes of the British royal family fall on the small village of Pfeffelbach in western Germany. It is here, in a church that is crumbling before them, that the mother of Prince Albert, Queen Victorias husband, was laid to rest and forgotten about. And it is time to bring her home.Married off at 16 to the 33-year-old Duke Ernst Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Louise bore two sons, Ernst and Albert, but her unhappy marriage led to her banishment, divorce, and loss of her children. She died alone at just 31, her reputation destroyed by court gossip and political intrigue. Was she a fallen woman, or a victim of royal machinations? And was Prince Albert truly Ernsts son?Princess Louise played a crucial role in the rise of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, but while her son Albert entered history, she was removed from it. Based on a decade of original research, A Royal Outcast is the first English-language biography to explore the life and legacy of Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg the woman the royal family tried to bury to save Prince Alberts reputation.

Ireland went to the 2023 rugby world cup as the number one ranked team in the world. They were the reigning grand slam holders; and still they came home early.Getting to the last four of the World Cup has become a national obsession. But is this the only measure of success? In Touching Distance, Brendan Fanning, one of the games most authoritative voices, shines a piercing light on every corner of the Irish rugby system, from grassroots to green jersey, illuminating the fine lines and thin margins between success and failure.From the breakthrough years of Eddie OSullivan to men of massive influence like Joe Schmidt and Stuart Lancaster, with David Nucifora the first tsar of Irish rugby in the pro era through to Andy Farrell, the man in whom Irish fans hopes now rest, no stone is left unturned in Fannings revealing and absorbing narrative.With the clock already counting down to the 2027 World Cup in Australia, where are Ireland on their quest for the top? And is glory finally within reach?A hugely enjoyable book that gives a fascinating insight into whats been going on behind the curtain of Irish rugby over the last 20 years. SHANE HORGANSmart, incisive and packed with great stories. Most of what I know about rugby Ive learned from reading Brendan Fanning. PAUL HOWARD

From the bestselling author of the Time Travellers Guides In these sparkling A to Zs, time-travelling historian Ian Mortimer visits four classic periods of English history: the fourteenth century, the Elizabethan age, the Restoration and the Regency. As he ranges from the Great Plague to the Great Freeze, from Armada to Austen, and from tobacco to toenails, he shines a light into corners of history we never knew were so fascinating -- or so revealing of the whole. How did the button change life in the Middle Ages? If you found yourself at a smart Elizabethan party, should you kiss your hostess on the lips? Why were pistols safer than swords in a duel? And how come Regency Londoners quaffed so much port? This is Mortimer at his accessible and witty best. As ever, his aim is not only to bring the past to life but also to illuminate our own times.