Breve historia de un amor eterno

El 24 d?abril de 1547 es va lliurar la batalla de Mühlberg, en la qual Carles V va donar un colp d?autoritat en derrotar els prínceps alemanys que s?havien unit en la Lliga d?Esmalcalda per oposar-se al govern imperial a Alemanya. No obstant això, aquesta victòria no va donar pas a un període de tranquil·litat, sinó que el landgravi de Hesse i Joan Frederic de Saxònia foren segrestats. Carles V va decidir que Joan Frederic de Saxònia fos custodiat pel soldat i poeta Hernando de Acuña i viatgés amb ell durant el segrest, però el landgravi de Hesse va quedar en mans de diversos...

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La empresa del descubrimiento, exploración, conquista y colonización de América, representa un esfuerzo verdaderamente gigantesco de la España católica, si bien se consideran, de una parte, el estado de esta, empobrecida y desangrada durante ocho siglos de guerras, con una población que no pasaba de los nueve millones de almas, y, de otra parte, la distancia y extensión de las tierras exploradas y colonizadas, y cuanto en ellas hizo la metrópoli en el trascurso de tres siglos. En suma, al ambiente americano se unieron lo étnico, lo social, lo político, lo económico, lo científico...