During the basically political XVI century were settled the first big states of the modern Europe, from titanic battles, when the reason of state validate any kind of violation to the moral and religion. To understand this ...

In the prologue, the author proposes that, despite previous discussions, the regional and monographic aspects of history are as important as the big generalizations that cover times, cultures, or cycles. Pioneer in regional ...

Think about the Spaniard conqueror of the XVI century sometimes bring us to the mind the image of a men slave of his passions: salvation and ambition. However, in the case of Hernan Cortés, even when the image is true and ...

During the XVI century Colotlán was the further town conquered by Spaniards. It represent the limit between the pacific zone, habited by easy Indians and the large lands where only sporadically warlike natives cross away. ...