1714. Cataluña en la España del siglo XVIII

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The...

Traidores que cambiaron la Historia es el relato de algunas de las traiciones más célebres de todos los tiempos. Sucesos que, con su comisión, cambiaron el curso de los acontecimientos históricos en un país, un imperio y, a veces, en toda la Tierra. Empezando por el más famoso de todos los traidores de la tradición occidental, Judas Iscariote, se repasan algunos de los casos más famosos de traición: Efialtés y los 300 espartanos; la muerte de Viriato; el asesinato de Julio César; la venta del reino visigodo de Hispania por el conde don Julián; o, más recientemente, los casos...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...