Actividad 2 - Miguel Servet / Activity 2 - Michael Servetus

Primero, mira el video MIGUEL SERVET

Note: "Miguel Servet" is the native Spanish form of Miguel's last name. Due to his living among several other languages, and changing his name to protect his identity, many other forms and spellings are common. "Miguel Servet" appears on the  Spanish stamps and memorial statues at the end of the video. The standard English form is "Michael Servetus," using the Latin form of his last name. 

 

Usando los sitios abajo (u otros),  escribe un párrafo en español contestando tres las siguientes preguntas. / Using the sites listed below (or others), write a paragraph in Spanish answering three of the following questions.  

1. ¿Qué podemos concluir sobre Espana y Europa durante esa epoca por estudiar la vida de Miguel Servet? / What can we conclude about Spain and Europe during this era by studying the life of Michael Servetus?  

2. ¿Qué razones piensas que Servet tenía en quebrar las leyes y tradiciones de su día? ¿Explica porqué sus crímenes eran castigado con la muerte? / What reasons do you think Servetus had to justify breaking the law and traditions of his day? Why do you think his crimes were allowed to be punishable by death?

3. Winston Churchill dijo, “La historia es escrito por los vencedores.” ¿Estás de acuerdo con este dicho? ¿Es verdad en el caso de Servetus? / Winston Churchill said, “History is written by the victors.” Do you agree with this statement? Is it true in the case of Servetus?

4. ¿Cómo afecta el contexto nuestro conocimiento de una obra de literatura? ¿Si podríamos estudiar las escrituras de Servet, cómo afectaría el contexto histórico nuestras conclusiones sobre él? / How does understanding context affect our understanding of a piece of literature?  If we could examine more of Servetus’ writings, how would the historical context affect our conclusions about him? 

5. ¿Piensas que la historia tal como lo conocemos es completo o no completo? ¿Qué podemos saber de la historia por estudiar la literatura? / Do you think history as we know it is complete or incomplete? What can we know of history from studying literature?

¿Quieres saber mas? / Want to know more? 

•  The University of Edinburgh’s scanned images ofChristianismi Restitutio.

• www.Octavo.com  has examples of other rare medieval books.

• http://miguelservet.org/ The Miguel Servet Institute

• http://www.miguelservetinvestigacion.com/vida.html A webpage dedicated to Servet’s story