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Es n'adonem o no, vivim del passat molt més del que imaginem, tot i que cal aprofitar bé el present per preparar un futur molt millor als qui vindran. Maneres de pensar i de fer, que diferencien un poble d'un altre, tenen arrels molt més fondes del que pensem. Fins n'hi ha que provenen de la prehistòria, com ara les petites variants dialectals, sobretot les fonètiques, diferents d'una comarca a l'altra i, a vegades, fins d'un poble a l'altre, pel fet d'haver estat territori de tribus històriques diferents. Però no hem d'anar pas tan enllà: les facècies i canvis de jurisdicció en l'edat mitjana van ser l'origen dels actuals límits parroquials primer, i dels nostres municipis, després. [...] Conèixer el que hem estat és imprescindible per conèixer a fons el que som i el que volem i hauríem d'esdevenir.
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In the decades since its initial publication in German in 1978, Polychrome Sculpture has come to be widely regarded as a watershed text on the making and meaning of European medieval and Baroque painted wood sculpture. An early proponent of interdisciplinary research, Johannes Taubert played a pioneering role in combining the rigorous scientific analysis of materials with a fuller understanding of form and function, an approach that has led to the development of technical art history as practiced today. Many of the essays in this volume apply such scientific techniques as microscopic analysis to an art-historical understanding of Romanesque and late Gothic wood sculpture, revealing that, far...
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A frontier between both Christianity and Islam and between Francia and the Iberian Peninsula, the region that later became Catalonia was at the heart of the demographic and cultural expansion of the Carolingian empire between the 9th and 12th centuries. The author traces previously hidden social networks in this complex society.
Rivages have become the best-selling guides of their kind in both Europe & America. Originating in Paris, they set the standard for excellence with their fabulous color photographs, superb maps & candid descriptions of the most remarkable hotels of Europe. Each book also contains a restaurant guide to the country & a color atlas pinpointing the location of every hotel & inn. These new editions are completely updated for 2001.