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Tras la conquista de Trujillo en 1232, el paulatino asentamiento de los Altamirano y Bejarano en las tierras situadas más al sur de su alfoz, junto al Guadiana, culminó con la formación de dos señoríos: el de Orellana la Vieja, concedido por Alfonso XI en 1335 a Juan Alfonso de la Camara y el de Orellana de la Sierra, limitrofe con el anterior, que recibio en 1375 Alvar Garcia Bejarano por concesion de Enrique II. Evoluciono el primero de ambos señorios conforme a la linea sucesoria establecida hasta 1549, año en el que se produjo la muerte sin sucesion, en Trujillo, de Juan de Orellana el Bueno, su noveno titular. Abre esta muerte una larga serie de litigios en el seno de los Orellana, comenzando a partir de entonces una intensa porfia por la sucesion al mayorazgo que se prolonga hasta 1614, reflejo de la lucha por mantener en el seno de la estirpe el patrimonio y los privilegios sociales que eso conlleva, encarnandose durante años en dos mujeres esa pugna: doña Maria de Mayoralgo, portadora y representante de la sangre vieja, que peleo sin tregua por conservar la titularidad del señorio para su estirpe, y doña Maria de Orellana, que hizo lo propio por recuperar sus derechos al mayorazgo, pese a su condicion de mujer. Despues de tratar algunos detalles relativos al gobierno municipal de la pequeña villa extremeña y ciertos conflictos que sufrieron sus regidores con la Mesta entre 1577 y 1708, se aborda la cuestion de los impuestos a los que estuvieron sometidos los vecinos en su triple condicion de subditos de la corona, vasallos de señor y fieles de la Iglesia, culminando el estudio del primero de los señorios con un breve tratado sobre su transformacion en marquesado y la quiebra economica que este sufrio mas tarde entre 1639 y 1736. En lo que se refiere al segundo señorio, tal vez el hecho mas significativo sea la division de los bienes vinculados al mayorazgo durante la permanencia de Pedro de Orellana el Viejo como quinto señor de Orellana de la Sierra, en litigo con Francisco de Meneses. Gracias al arbitraje de la reina Catolica, que permitio superar las barreras legales, ambos llegaron a un acuerdo en 1478, repartiendose los bienes vinculados, promoviendose al mismo tiempo una nueva fundacion del mayorazgo en 1480, a favor de Fernando de Orellana, hijo del primitivo titular, aunque no su primogenito. Ambos estudios vienen no solo a cubrir asi un hueco en la historia del proceso de señorializacion en Extremadura, sino a complementar y enriquecer la historia conocida de Trujillo.

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the archaeology of Mediterranean prehistory. Its case studies, spanning the Neolithic through the Iron Age, are drawn from all the Mediterranean''s major lands, coasts, and islands. Written by fourteen of the leading archaeologists in the field, "The Archaeology of Mediterranean Prehistory" presents diverse theoretical approaches that enable students as well as other archaeologists to see the benefits of multivocality. The chapters look beyond Mediterranean diversity toward common links based on social interaction and geography. The book also includes an introductory overview that situates this work in wider Mediterranean scholarship and offers new insights into the histories and cultures of ancient Mediterranean peoples. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the archaeology of Mediterranean prehistory and an essential reference to the most recent research and fieldwork. Only book available to offer general coverage of Mediterranean prehistory Written by 14 of the leading archaeologists in the field Spans the Neolithic through the Iron Age, and draws from all the major regions of the Mediterranean''s coast and islands Presents the central debates in Mediterranean prehistory---trade and interaction, rural economies, ritual, social structure, gender, monumentality, insularity, archaeometallurgy and the metals trade, stone technologies, settlement, and maritime traffic---as well as contemporary legacies of the region''s prehistoric past Structure of text is pedagogically driven Engages diverse theoretical approaches so students will see the benefits of multivocality

El aeropuerto de Girona-Costa Brava es un claro exponente de cómo el turismo influye en el desarrollo del transporte y sus infraestructuras. Efectivamente, fueron aquellos primeros turistas que conocieron estas tierras catalanas, tras aterrizar en los aeropuertos vecinos de Barcelona y Perpignan, quienes propiciaron la creacion y posterior desarrollo de este aeropuerto, como entrada abierta a las turisticas localidades de la Costa Brava.Con habilidad y teson, las autoridades municipales y provinciales, asi como las entidades sociales y economicas de la region apoyaron su construccion. En 1967 este proyecto se hizo realidad, lo que supuso un gran apoyo e impulso para el desarrollo turistico y en general para toda la economia regional.Con la liberalizacion del transporte aereo, impulsada por la Union Europea, el Aeropuerto de Girona ha visto resurgir su potencial, superando las previsiones mas optimistas. No cabe duda que la contribucion de sus trabajadores y las inversiones llevadas a cabo por Aena han permitido hacer frente a este crecimiento y conservar unas importantes expectativas de desarrollo futuro. Por ello la publicacion de este libro resulta una oportunidad para dar a conocer toda una historia de superacion, esfuerzo y colaboracion entre instituciones y trabajadores que han permitido que hoy se dibuje un devenir prometedor y repleto de esperanzas para esta infraestructura gerundense.Indice de la publicacion:1. Ales sobre GironaLes festes daviacioPrimer Raid aeri catalaLes primeres opotunitats per al transport aeriLactivitat aeronautica en els anys trentaLorganitzacio del transporte aeriLorganitzacio aeronautica catalanaAus migratoriesLautogir De La CiervaLescala dAir France a RosesLaviacio esportiva i altres intents de linies aeriesEls camps de vol durant la Guerra Civil2. De lautarquia al desarrollismeIberia, Linies aeries dEspanyaEl Ministeri de lAireUn nou impuls al transit aeriLa decada dels cinquantaEl naixement dels vols CharterLorigen del turismo a la Costa BravaEl naixement de lAeroportEl Pla dAeroports i Rutes AeriesLa construccio de lAeroportLa inauguracio de lAeroportEls primers passosArt a la TerminalÈpoca de dificultats i desnvolupament3. Nous horitzonsUn Aeroclub a GironaLAeroport el 1976Anys dificilsLa nova organitzacio del transport aeri esuropeuBuscant nous horitzonsCosmo86Aena, Aeroports Espayols i Navegacio AeriaEls ultims passos de lAeroclubEls aerodroms propersEl reneixer del transport aeriLa remodelacio de la terminal de passatgersComença lenlairamentMirant al futurAnnex: Bibliografia

Praised for its scope and depth, Asia in the Making of Europe is the first comprehensive study of Asian influences on Western culture. For volumes I and II, the author has sifted through virtually every European reference to Asia published in the sixteenth-century; he surveys a vast array of writings describing Asian life and society, the images of Asia that emerge from those writings, and, in turn, the reflections of those images in European literature and art. This monumental achievement reveals profound and pervasive influences of Asian societies on developing Western culture; in doing so, it provides a perspective necessary for a balanced view of world history.Volume I: The Century of Discovery brings together "everything that a European could know of India, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan, from printed books, missionary reports, traders'' accounts and maps" (The New York Review of Books).Volume II: A Century of Wonder examines the influence of that vast new body of information about Asia on the arts, institutions, literatures, and ideas of sixteenth-century Europe.

Among the most beautiful and compelling works of Renaissance art, painted maps adorned the halls and galleries of princely palaces. This book is the first to discuss in detail the three-dimensional display of these painted map cycles and their full meaning in Renaissance culture. Art historian Francesca Fiorani focuses on two of the most significant and marvelous surviving Italian map murals--the Guardaroba Nuova of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, commissioned by Duke Cosimo de'' Medici, and the Gallery of Maps in the Vatican, commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII. Both cycles were not only pioneering cartographic enterprises but also powerful political and religious images. Presenting an original interpretation of the interaction between art, science, politics, and religion in Renaissance culture, the book also offers fresh insights into the Medici and papal courts.

The Roman empire tends to be seen as a whole whereas the early middle ages tends to be seen as a collection of regional histories, roughly corresponding to the land-areas of modern nation states. As a result, early medieval history is much more fragmented, and there have been few convincing syntheses of socio-economic change in the post-Roman world since the 1930s. In recent decades, the rise of early medieval archaeology has also transformed our source-base, but this has not been adequately integrated into analyses of documentary history in almost any country. In Framing the Early Middle Ages Chris Wickham aims at integrating documentary and archaeological evidence together, and also, above all, at creating a comparative history of the period 400-800, by means of systematic comparative analyses of each of the regions of the latest Roman and immediately post-Roman world, from Denmark to Egypt (only the Slav areas are left out). The book concentrates on classic socio-economic themes, state finance, the wealth and identity of the aristocracy, estate management, peasant society, rural settlement, cities, and exchange. These are only a partial picture of the period, but they are intended as a framing for other developments, without which those other developments cannot be properly understood. Wickham argues that only a complex comparative analysis can act as the basis for a wider synthesis. Whilst earlier syntheses have taken the development of a single region as ''typical'', with divergent developments presented as exceptions, this book takes all different developments as typical, and aims to construct a synthesis based on a better understanding of difference and the reasons for it. This is the most ambitious and original survey of the period ever written. a tremendous achievement, demonstrating mastery over half a dozen fields of scholarship. David Abulafia, THES ''This is a book and a subject with a pedigree that demands the closest attention.... a tour de force.... Wickham''snds Framing the Early Middle Ages may be the last great historical work of the last century.''--The New Republic ''History doesn''t get any better.... More than almost any history I''ve read, Wickham''s manages to be at once grand and rigorous. In its adroit and confident treatment of an array of subjects