El Prado y el Buen Retiro

Un recorrido por la historia del distrito madrileño de Salamanca a través de los tiempos, contada con anécdotas, planos, grabados, fotografías y dibujos.

En la historia militar de Europa no hay una hazaña logística comparable a la del Camino Español. Durante los más de ochenta años que duró la Guerra de Flandes, desde 1566 a 1648, España mantuvo abierto el largo corredor que unía sus posesiones en el norte de Italia con los Países Bajos, para permitir que sus invencibles tercios llegaran al campo de batalla. Una ruta erizada de obstáculos geográficos y enemigos poderosos, que atravesaba los Alpes, grandes ríos, bosques y desfiladeros. Geoffrey Parker, el prestigioso historiador inglés, califica de "milagro" el hecho de que en...

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La presente obra se inserta en la creciente ola de estudios sobre historia eclesiástica. Las contribuciones aquí contenidas abarcan temáticas concernientes a partir del siglo XVI, pues en este periodo las iglesias cristianas han tenido un altísimo impacto en el devenir de los pueblos y sus repercusiones se perciben hasta el día de hoy.