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El marino español Juan Sebastián Elcano concluyó esa primera vuelta al mundo en un desenlace imprevisto de la expedición a la Especiería, tras lograr llegar a las islas Molucas. Tal empresa había sido encomendada por Carlos I Fernando de Magallanes, nave

Desde la perspectiva del binomio Iglesia y orden social, este ensayo hace propuestas acerca del proceso de reconducción del dominio real bajo Felipe II. Consisten en modulaciones o variaciones de poder y autoridad geograficamente diferenciadas, que fueron discernidas e implementadas entre 1570 y 1590 respectivamente para el Peru y la Nueva España. Se caracteriza el proceso hasta verificar su normalizacion y depuracion en la primera decada del siglo XVII.

La Revolución Militar, entendida como los profundos cambios de estrategia, armamento y organización, ha sido tradicionalmente asociada a los ejércitos centroeuropeos y nórdicos, en el marco de las últimas decadas del siglo XVI y primeras del XVII. Sin embargo, la obra La Revolucion Militar de los Reyes Catolicos, presenta suficientes evidencias como para considerar que esos cambios encuentran sus raices en los experimentados por los ejercitos españoles, con casi un siglo de antelacion.Los cambios logisticos y financieros implementados por la reina Isabel II, la pericia estrategica de Fernando el Catolico y la habilidad tactica de Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba -el Gran Capitan- son elementos esenciales que facilitan esta rapida evolucion de los ejercitos y armadas españolas, que llevan al nacimiento del primer imperio global de la historia.

Este libro reúne seis estudios monográficos, precedidos por un magistral prólogo del profesor Valentín Vázquez de Prada, maestro insigne de historiadores, que fue quien en primer término estudió, alla por los años cincuenta y sesenta del siglo pasado, las miles de cartas de Amberes conservadas en el Archivo Simon Ruiz, abriendo el camino de numerosas investigaciones cuyos resultados bien conocen los estudiosos de la historia de la economia europea. A sus lineas, le siguen los articulos dedicados a las cartas dirigidas por Mondragon y su sobrino Alonso a Simon Ruiz, la heraldica y escudos de armas del linaje del Coronel, La vida y fama de don Cristobal en Flandes, sus ecos historicos aun vivos en la ciudad de Zierikzee en los Paises Bajos, la huella aun perenne de Mondragon en la ciudad de Amberes, y la reconstruccion ideal del panteon de los Castillo Mondragon a la luz de los estudios documentales aparecidos hasta el momento y de las obras de arte identificadas como pertenecientes a este desaparecido espacio.El catalogo reune una seleccion de obras relacionadas con ambos personajes y pertenecientes a las colecciones del museo, llegandose a reunir varias pinturas y obras historicas del legado patrimonial de Simon Ruiz, media docena de grabados originales de Mondragon y otros personajes coetaneos, junto con otros de vistas de ciudades flamencas, una docena de jetones alusivos a la Guerra de los Ochenta Años, la caja fuerte del hombre de negocios, etc.; a los que se han unido dos cuadros de personajes orantes, de gran formato y del siglo XVIII, que representan a Cristobal de Mondragon y a su bisnieto del mismo nombre, identificados como los dos retratos que formaron parte del panteon de los Castillo Mondragon, en la desaparecida iglesia medinense de la Santa Vera Cruz; la reconstruccion ideal del mausoleo se ofrece ahora en primicia. Del mismo modo, a la coleccion de obras expuestas se ha unido tambien, como obra destacada, la denominada espada de Cristobal de Mondragon, atribucion basada en la tradicion familiar que, tras los ultimos estudios realizados en el museo, se ve reafirmada con solidos argumentos.

Pre order the paperback now and discover the heartwarming first hand account of one of the most celebrated partnerships in the history of British entertainment the 60 year marriage of Timothy West and Prunella Scales Timothy West and Prunella Scales were first and foremost actors Over seventy years they have delighted millions portraying a host of larger than life characters that the nation has taken to our hearts But their finest roles it turns out have always been as husband and wife in the extraordinary and enduring double act that is Tim and Pru In Pru and Me the late Timothy West charted the course of their lives from the years before they met treading the boards in the 50s to their secret courting marriage and settling in Wandsworth And then together as they established themselves at the heart of British theatre television and film over the next seventy years in some of the nation s favourite shows such as Fawlty Towers and Brass Crammed full of stories which are funny poignant jaw dropping and occasionally painful Pru and Me also vividly recounts the late blaze of glory that introduced the world to the real Tim and Pru via Great Canal Journeys Here the couple charmed the nation while at the same time charting Pru s ge

The story of an incredible friendship between one man and a wild robin and a beautiful celebration of Britain s favorite bird When a robin appears a loved one is near In 2019 Tony Putman was working as a gardener in Edenbridge Kent when he noticed a bold robin sitting on a branch of an old plum tree The robin glanced in his direction as he approached but he didn t move so Tony grabbed his camera and took a photo This would be the first of hundreds of photos that Tony would take of Bob the robin and the start of an extraordinary friendship that would last for years As Tony shared his pictures on his social media account Putman and Robin he witnessed an outpouring the love not just for Bob but for robins everywhere who populate our gardens with song and movement even on the direst winter days In this book Tony shares his touching journey with Bob and tells the story of our unwavering affection for these magnificent creatures This is an informative book about the life of a robin as well as a beautiful love letter to these spirited and lively birds who offer us a connection with nature a moment of contact and a great source of comfort and joy

THE SUNDAY TIMES 1 BESTSELLER A Times Best History Book of the Year A Waterstones Best Book of the Year Reads like a thriller I couldn t put Max Hastings s new book down DAILY MAIL Hastings is a master of drama a writer intimately familiar with the mind of the soldier THE TIMES Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II and probably the most successful In February 1942 RAF intelligence was baffled by a newly identified radar network on the coast of Nazi occupied Europe codenamed Wurzburg The brilliant scientist Dr RV Jones proposed an assault to capture key components The nearest accessible enemy set stood upon a steep cliff at Bruneval in Normandy Winston Churchill enthused as did Lord Louis Mountbatten chief of Combined Operations A company of the newly formed Airborne Forces was committed to the operation which took place on the night of 27 28 February Amid heavy snow 120 men landed some of whom were misdropped almost two miles from their objective They nonetheless launched the assault dismantled the German radar and after three nail biting hours in France and a fierce battle with Wehrmacht defenders escaped in the nick of time by landing craft across stormy seas to Portsmouth Max Hastings recounts

As the autumn nights draw in join Polly Atkin in a nocturnal love song to the owls that surround her Lake District home a stunning meditation on learning to listen in a world full of noise

A beloved Japanese modern classic about our special connection with cats and how they can change our lives over the course of a lifetime Cat lovers prepare to weep The Times A cat classic Catherine Lacey Profoundly real and beautifully written Elif Batuman Aglow with incidental joys Rivka GalchenOn a cool summer evening in 1977 Mayumi Inaba hears a forlorn cry She follows the sound to the banks of Tokyo s Tamagawa River and finds a newborn kitten dangling from a fence abandoned Overcome by tender affection she takes the cat back to the small apartment she shares with her husband and christens her Mii so begins an unshakeable bond Over the next twenty years we follow Inaba a poet and novelist by moonlight as she pursues quiet solitude and a room of her own Through it all Mii a fiercely independent creature in her own right is her confidante and muse This beloved Japanese modern classic is not just a love letter to companionship it s a poignant searching meditation on the forces that enable us to connect to create and to build a life Reveals the profound respect and compassion that a friendship with an animal can inspire Sigrid Nunez New YorkerTranslated by Ginny Tapley Takemori Readers ADORE Mii A lovely little gem Gentle and enchanti

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER Chosen by WATERSTONES as one of their BEST HISTORY BOOKS for 2024 Compelling Nichol has a terrific eye for detail an ability to blend tear jerking letters quotation and personal anecdotes into a rich thought provoking narrative Daily Telegraph Over one million British Empire soldiers were killed during the First World War More than a century later over half a million still have no known grave The scale of the fighting the catastrophic destruction the relentless military engagement and glutinous mud meant that many of the dead were never identified of often never recovered Names were left without bodies and bodies or fragments of bodies without names To help staunch the tide of national grief in the aftermath of the conflict an idea was born for a single Unknown Warrior representing all the missing to be brought from the battlefields and buried in Westminster Abbey alongside the nation s kings and queens Using diaries archives and interviews with the descendants of that generation and modern day experts Sunday Times bestselling author and former RAF Tornado navigator John Nichol draws on his own experience of combat and loss to shine light on this 100 year old story And in speaking to those who have lost lov

A WARREN OF WEIRD AND WONDERFUL FACTS AND TALES RESCUED FROM OBSCURITY The first trivia book from the team behind the hit history podcast The Rabbit Hole Detectives investigating all manner of weird and wonderful facts and stories you never knew you wanted to know Compulsively dip in able The Times Ever fallen down a rabbit hole Ever got lost chasing a fact a hunch or a curious piece of cultural ephemera Then the Rabbit Hole Detectives Richard Coles Cat Jarman and Charles Spencer are here to do the burrowing for you Why were eight WWII Hurricane fighter planes buried in Ukraine What have chimpanzees to do with the invention of toilet paper How many dynamite sticks should not be used to blow up a whale Which ancient civilisation liked a short tongue and a shaved head The Rabbit Hole Book follows Richard Cat and Charles as they investigate and elucidate weird and wonderful curiosities from history telling stories that are as often dumbfounding as they are gripping as unexpected as they are hilarious or deeply moving

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKAs winter comes and the hours of darkness overtake the light we seek out warmth good food and good company But beneath the jollity and bright enchantment of the festive season there lurks a darker mood one that has found expression over the centuries in a host of strange and unsettling traditions and lore Here Sarah Clegg takes us on a journey through midwinter to explore the lesser known Christmas traditions from English mummers plays and Austrian Krampus runs to modern pagan rituals at Stonehenge and the night in Finland when a young girl is crowned with candles as St Lucy a martyred Christian girl who also appears as a witch leading a procession of the dead At wassails and hoodenings and winter gatherings attended by ghastly grinning horses snatching monsters and mysterious visitors we discover how these traditions originated and how they changed through the centuries and we ask ourselves if we can t keep the darkness entirely at bay might it be fun to let a little in

How we live is shaped by how we eat You can see this in the vastly different approaches to growing preparing and eating food around the world such as the hunter gatherer Hadza in Tanzania whose sustainable lifestyle is under threat in a crowded planet or Western societies whose food is farmed or bred in vast intensive enterprises And most of us now rely on a complex global food web of production distribution consumption and disposal which is now contending with unprecedented challenges The need for a better understanding of how we feed ourselves has never been more urgent In this wide ranging and definitive book philosopher Julian Baggini expertly delves into the best and worst food practises in a huge array of different societies past and present His exploration takes him from cutting edge technologies such as new farming methods cultured meat GM and astronaut food to the ethics and health of ultra processed food and aquaculture as he takes a forensic look at the effectiveness of our food governance the difficulties of food wastage and the effects of commodification Extracting essential principles to guide how we eat in the future How the World Eats advocates for a pluralistic humane resourceful and equitable global food philosophy so we can bu

Pacy witty and authoritative Jonathan Freedland In her hands ancient history becomes a vivid avenue of approach to a burning modern world concern a powerful and important book Daily Telegraph

A partir de una lectura minuciosa de fuentes antiguas y modernas, Luciano Canfora reconstruye con agudeza crítica el engranaje que vincula la guerra, la economía y la esclavitud en las sociedades griega y romana. La violencia no terminaba con la victoria militar: el saqueo, la rapiña y la captura de personas alimentaban un modelo productivo cuya base era el trabajo forzoso. Canfora propone una nocion precisa y provocadora para describirlo: el modo de produccion belico.Este libro analiza como la expansion territorial, el comercio de esclavos, las rebeliones internas y la ideologia imperialista estaban entrelazados en un ciclo que convertia la guerra en motor economico. Pero tambien muestra las grietas de ese sistema: las fugas masivas de esclavos, las revueltas, los tratados internacionales que intentaban contenerlas, las tensiones sociales y politicas entre oligarquias y democracia.Con su estilo caracteristico riguroso, ironico y lucido, Canfora recurre a textos de Tucidides, Aristofanes, Heraclito o Jenofonte, entre muchos otros, para explorar la logica profunda de unas sociedades que no pueden entenderse sin la esclavitud como eje estructural. Un ensayo imprescindible para repensar el mundo antiguo y para reconocer, entre lineas, ciertos ecos del presente.

After the collapse of Soviet communism the West convinced itself that liberal democracy would be the dominant system of governance However in February 2022 Vladimir Putin proved it is unwise to make such predictions In the early years of Putin s presidency he appeared to commit himself to friendship with the West But the Putin of those years is unrecognisable today an autocratic nationalist dedicated to repression at home and anti Western militarism abroad So what happened Was he lying when he proclaimed his support for freedom democracy and friendship with the West Or was he sincere Did he change his views at some stage between then and now And if that is the case what happened to change him Putin and the Return of History examines these questions in the context of Russia s thousand year past tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin s politics of aggression the enduring terror of encirclement by outsiders the subjugation of the individual to the cause of the state the collectivist values that allow the sacrifice of human lives in battle the willingness to lie and deceive the co opting of religion and the belief in Great Russia s mission to change the world

An urgent indispensable guide to why Taiwan matters for China the West and everyone s future An erudite primer Brown s mission to educate westerners about Taiwan and why it matters is a critical one which makes this book well worth reading SUNDAY TIMES Anyone with a care to avoid a third world war between China and the US should read this book JACK STRAW An authoritative primer to all things Taiwan BARBARA DEMICK When the bloody Chinese Civil War concluded in 1949 two Chinas were born Mao s Communists won and took China s mainland Chiang Kai shek s Nationalists fled to Taiwan island Since then China and Taiwan have drifted into being separate political and cultural entities Taiwan is now a flourishing democracy and an economic success story just one of its companies produces over 90 per cent of the semiconductors that power the world s economy It is a free and vibrant society For the United States and the West the island is a bastion of freedom against China s assertive presence in the region And yet China increasingly bellicose under Xi Jinping insists Taiwan is part of its territory and must be returned to it Should China blockade the island and mount an invasion it would set off a chain reaction that would pitch it against the

«… para elaborar unas páginas sobre la presencia de la naturaleza en calles, casas, jardines y río de Sevilla. De ningún modo, cuanto digo, debe considerarse como un intento científico ni como un cat

La obra más ambiciosa sobre la Armada Invencible de Felipe II, de la mano de los dos mayores expertos en la materia.En 1588, tras un despliegue colosal para la época, la Gran Armada de Felipe II vio frustrado su intento de invadir Inglaterra en una operacion que pasaria a la historia como uno de los mayores fracasos de la historia militar y naval española. El episodio, sin embargo, comprende algo mas que la debacle de una flota: su estudio compone el retrato de una epoca en la que las luchas de poder y las intrigas politicas jugaron un papel tanto o mas importante que el de los barcos y los elementos.Mas de treinta años de investigacion se reunen en esta obra completamente nueva, en la que Geoffrey Parker y Colin Martin ponen su conocimiento al servicio del analisis mas minucioso de la que fuera la gran empresa de Felipe II. Valiendose de un vasto conocimiento que se sustenta tanto en los documentos como en los restos de los naufragios de la Armada, los autores ofrecen aqui un relato incomparable de este episodio que marco un antes y un despues en la historia de Europa.Una obra de referencia para la comprension de la Edad Moderna española.

La cara oculta, tras la larga sombra de Isabel, del reinado que reconfiguró el mapa político del mundo e inauguró el Renacimiento.En 1469, Isabel I de Castilla y Fernando II de Aragón contrajeron ma