THE HERMAND OF TRADERS. AN ACTIVE PRESENCE OF SALMANTIN TRADE IN THE HOLY WEEK

THE HERMAND OF TRADERS. AN ACTIVE PRESENCE OF SALMANTIN TRADE IN SAINT WEEK Javier Blázquez This issue 14 is about a commercial initiative of great importance in the social life of the city: the history of the Brotherhood of Merchants. Heir to old trade union initiatives, the Brotherhood of Merchants emerged, at the beginning of the 20th century, as a contribution of businessmen to the religiosity of the Holy Week of Salamanca. Of all this, Javier Blázquez, renowned researcher of Holy Week Salmantina, who has just seen published a second volume of his long history. Javier Blázquez offers us a rigorous and entertaining text, where the role developed by this brotherhood in the religious, social and tourist activity of the capital is drawn ... The brotherhood remains until today, evolving throughout its more than 80 years of existence. 27,5x15cm, 2,5€