MEMORIAS DEL 3 DE MARZO

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

El texto recoge, a lo largo de quince temas, y atendiendo a un criterio cronológico y temático, los acontecimientos políticos, socio.económicos, religiosos-culturales y las relaciones internacionales que jalonan la Baja Edad Moderna en España, desde 1665, año en que se produce el fin del reinado de felipe IV, hasta 1808, con la caída del Antiguo Régimen.

Bernal Díaz del Castillo nació en Medina del Campo, en 1495, y murió en Guatemala. Hijo de Francisco Díaz del Castillo, regidor de su ciudad natal, y de María Díez Rejón. Viajó a América acompañado de Pedrarias Dávila y estuvo en las expediciones de Francisco Hernández de Córdoba y Juan de Grijalva. Participó con Hernán Cortés en la conquista de Nueva España, y estuvo en la «Noche triste», y en el asedio de Tenochtitlán, siendo herido de gravedad en Tlascala. Después vivió en la ciudad de Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala y allí se casó con Teresa de Becerra,...