Resultados para "Cécile" en Historia

El Banquete forma parte de los Diálogos, legado literario y filosófico de Platón. Esta obra se desarrolla en un banquete al que van invitados importantes, entre ellos Sócrates. Erixímaco propone que cada uno de los presentes haga un discurso en alabanza del Amor, de Eros, y de ahí se derivan los siete discursos que lo componen y es así que el amor se hace presente desde diferentes puntos de vista.

Periodista, politóloga y escritora colombiana. Ha trabajado en medios impresos, radio y televisión. En los últimos veinte años ha sido corresponsal extranjera para la cadena Univisión y la organización europea VJ Movement. Docente universitaria en facultades de Comunicación y Cine...

Kateryna ha 28 anni, ha fatto la modella, ha amici sparsi per l'Europa e all'inizio del 2022 spera che in Ucraina scoppi la guerra: «Non sono così vile da augurarmi di vivere sotto il ricatto di Vladimir Putin per anni, contando sul fatto che il compito di affrontarlo spetti poi a un'altra generazione invece che alla mia». Oggi Kateryna è un soldato. Assim ha 23 anni, studia Ingegneria aerospaziale all'università di Teheran e dal giorno in cui Mahsa Amini è morta, il 16 settembre 2022, con il suo gruppo ha cominciato a scrivere il nome di Mahsa nei bagni delle università e nei vagoni dei treni.

En este extraordinario y provocador libro, Varoufakis destruye el mito de que la financiarización, la regulación ineficaz de los bancos y la globalización fueron las causas de la crisis económica global. Más bien, son síntomas de un malestar que puede rastrearse hasta los años setenta; la...

Smartly dressed and smiling, Canada’s black train porters were a familiar sight to the average passenger - yet their minority status rendered them politically invisible, second-class in the social imagination that determined who was and who was not considered Canadian. Drawing on the experiences of these influential black Canadians, Cecil Foster’s They Call Me George demonstrates the power of individuals and minority groups in the fight for social justice and shows how a country can change for the better.

Les Presses Universitaires de France et Frémeaux & Associés proposent cette biographie d’Olympe de Gouges par Cécile Berly, historienne spécialiste des femmes au XVIIIe siècle. Olympe de Gouges fait figure de première "féministe" de l’histoire. Marie Gouze, "bâtarde" de Montauban, se fait appeler Olympe de Gouges et deviendra à Paris une femme de lettres. Elle s’impose dans un milieu essentiellement masculin et milite à travers ses pièces et ses textes pour les droits des femmes, des enfants et des plus pauvres.

Les Presses Universitaires de France et Frémeaux & Associés proposent cette biographie de Madame de Pompadour, analysée et expliquée par Cécile Berly, historienne spécialiste des femmes au XVIIIe siècle. Maîtresse puis favorite du roi Louis XV, la bourgeoise Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson est anoblie pour devenir la marquise de Pompadour.

Les Presses Universitaires de France et Frémeaux & Associés proposent cette biographie de Marie-Antoinette par Cécile Berly, spécialiste du XVIIIe siècle et de la Révolution française. Autrichienne, Marie-Antoinette devient dauphine de France dans un contexte qui lui est défavorable. Dernière reine de l'Ancien Régime, elle se conduit comme une favorite. Elle est puissante, scandaleuse et détestée.

Cecil John Rhodes became one of the most influential people in the history of the British Empire. He made a fortune in South Africa by leading the world's most important diamond mining company, De Beers. While he was a busy entrepreneur, he was also a member of the Cape Colony's legislature and served as prime minister from 1890 to 1896, a key period for the development of racial discrimination.

Reconocé que la discusión es un paso muy, muy pequeño en el esfuerzo que debés hacer por abordar los problemas raciales. En pocas horas, no es posible derribar construcciones raciales de siglos de antigüedad y sistemas de opresión que existen desde hace varias generaciones. Valorá los pequeños progresos que lográs a medida que suceden, porque cada uno importa, y también sabé que tendrás que hacer todavía más.

"Cronache di vita principesca" è il racconto di un viaggio: quello di una coppia di nobili rinascimentali (siamo nel 1477) che hanno conosciuto entrambi un'intensa vita aristocratica, politica e sociale durante il periodo più significativo dell'Umanesimo italiano. Caterina Sforza e Gerolamo Riario, con il sostegno dei più potenti principi e la benedizione di Papa Sisto IV, convolano a nozze, e per mesi festeggiano la loro unione nel lungo viaggio che li porterà a Roma.

As part of the illustrious history of our struggle for independence, one of the most memorable and significant battles, due to its political and ideological impact, was between Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and José María Morelos y Pavón on the 20th of October, 1810, in what was once called Villa de Charo, two leagues east of the ancient city of Valladolid de Michoacán.

Partiendo de un gran abanico de fuentes, Marie Arana captura un vívido retrato de la Suramérica de inicios del siglo XIX, la que forjó a Bolívar y lo convirtió en un valeroso general, un estratega brillante, un escritor portentoso y un político sin parangón; en definitiva, uno de los personajes más admirados de Latinoamérica. Bolívar es una biografía trepidante en la que el lector hallará la imagen de una vida trágica capturada en todo su esplendor y un conmovedor manifiesto de la verdadera esencia del pueblo latinoamericano.

Sent to France with the Royal Flying Corps at just 17, and later a member of the famous 56 Squadron, Cecil Lewis was an illustrious and passionate fighter pilot of the First World War, described by Bernard Shaw in 1935 as 'a thinker, a master of words, and a bit of a poet'. In this vivid and spirited account the author evocatively sets his love of the skies and flying against his bitter experience of the horrors of war. We then follow his progress from France and the battlefields of the Somme to his pioneering defence of London against deadly nighttime raids.

When we think of France we often evoke images of fine food and wine, the elegant boulevards of Paris, the chic beaches of St Tropez. Yet, as the largest country in Europe, it is a place of huge diversity. The idea of 'Frenchness' emerged from over 2,000 years of history and it is a riveting story from Roman conquest to the present day.

Paris—city of love, food, culture—is steeped in a rich history known the world over. From the creative minds of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who both frequented the world-famous Moulin Rouge at the turn of the twentieth century, to the many historic changes that saw Paris expand into the city of twenty arrondissements that residents and tourists flock to every year. In A Brief History of Paris, historian Cecil Black entertainingly details the stories behind the culture, locations, architecture, people, food and more that keeps visitors enchanted.

A Medieval Life offers a biography of one woman, a portrait of her world, and an introduction to historical method. Written in a clear and accessible style, it reworks a well-loved book to provide an entirely new resource for students, teachers, and general listeners. Like Cecilia Penifader, most people in the Middle Ages were peasants, humble people living socially below the knights, bishops, and kings who figure so large in history books. Judith M. Bennett shows that peasants, too, made history.

On March 20, 1822, the Missouri Republican published a notice addressed “to enterprising young men” in the St. Louis area. “The subscriber,” it said, “wishes to engage one hundred young men to ascend the Missouri River to its source, there to be employed for one, two, or three years. For particulars enquire of Major Andrew Henry…or of the subscriber near St. Louise.” The “subscriber” was General William H. Ashley, and among the “enterprising young men” who embarked with Major Henry less than a month later was 18-year-old James Bridger.

Samuel de Champlain est le véritable père de la Nouvelle-France. Navigateur, cartographe, écrivain, ethnographe, il avait une vision : celle d’installer une colonie française sur les bords du Saint-Laurent. Il a toujours manifesté un grand respect pour les nations amérindiennes qu’il a côtoyées. Malgré tous les obstacles rencontrés sur sa route et les multiples voyages qu’il a dû effectuer entre la France et le Nouveau-Monde, il n’a jamais cédé, jamais fait de compromis.

The disturbing true story of the notorious Cecil Hotel in downtown LA, by its general manager for a decade and star of the controversial Netflix documentary series Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel. When Amy Price took a temporary design job at an Art Deco hotel in Los Angeles to...