Flandes y la monarquía hispánica, 1500-1713

El bandolerismo morisco en la Valencia de la segunda mitad del Quinientos contribuyó a forjar la idea de la imposible asimilación de los cristianos nuevos de moros y su consideración como una recurrente amenaza para la paz pública y la integridad del reino. De acuerdo con la interpretación predominante, sus acciones cobran sentido si se insertan en el contexto de la lucha entre Cristiandad e Islam. Sin embargo, el estudio al detalle de las cuadrillas, revela aspectos hasta ahora desconocidos que se dan de bruces con la imagen del bandido morisco como guerrero de la fe o vengador de la...

The riveting story of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage—now updated with a new introduction commemorating the 500th anniversary of his journey. “Prodigious research, sure-footed prose and vivid descriptions make for a thoroughly satisfying account... it is all here in the wondrous detail, a first-rate historical page turner.”— New York Times Book Review Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning...

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Un sentido de ironía poética se registra cuando se aprende que Escocia nunca ganó una batalla militar importante cuando las probabilidades estaban a su favor.