El siglo XVII

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En los cincuenta años que preceden a la Revolución francesa, Europa se ve desgarrada por conflictos de todo tipo. Las tensiones sociales y económicas aumentan bajó la presión, de una población creciente para la cual el suministro de alimentos resulta permanentemente insuficiente. Las rivalidades imperialistas en América y Asia, y las políticas expansionistas de Prusia y Rusia vienen a añadir nuevas dimensiones a las guerras europeas. Pero, por encima de todo, la nueva dinámica de esta época va a ser la surgida del desafío al tradicional monopolio del poder político ejercido por...

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José Álvarez Junco analiza en esta obra el proceso de construcción de la identidad española a lo largo del siglo XIX. «Álvarez Junco ha escrito un libro definitivo.» Javier Tusell La idea de España, previamente formada alrededor de la monarquía y el catolicismo, se vio afianzada a principios de la edad contemporánea con la llamada «guerra de independencia» contra los franceses, y las elites intelectuales emprendieron a continuación su construcción cultural en términos que se adaptaban a la era de las naciones. Sin embargo, esta tarea se vio obstaculizada muy pronto a causa de...