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Habiendo pasado cinco años cautivo en un castillo francés, Fernando VII regresó a España en 1814. Tras abolir la Constitución, disolver las Cortes y dar por nulo todo lo obrado por ellas, el monarca despachó una poderosa expedición a América con el objeto de poner punto final a los procesos revolucionarios del continente. Al mando de Pablo Morillo, el llamado Ejército Pacificador sitió exitosamente a Cartagena a finales de 1815 y aniquiló posteriormente en un suspiro la revolución en la totalidad del Nuevo Reino. A pesar de que el rápido desplome de las Provincias Unidas auguraba ...

Título: “El Pórtico del Cabildo de Córdoba“. Autor: Federico G. Bordese. Editor: Revista del Archivo Fotográfico de Córdoba. Año: abril de 2012.

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...