Revolución y rebeliones en el istmo de Tehuantepec

A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore. In these pages, Robert Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal cathedral to a postmodern restaurant with a glass-walled urinal. The result is a work filled with the attributes of Barcelona itself: proportion, humor, and seny—the Catalan word for triumphant common...

José Moñino y Redondo fue nombrado embajador ante la Santa Sede en marzo de 1772 y sólo dejó Roma para tomar posesión como máximo responsable de la política española en noviembre de 1776. En esos cuatro años, el político murciano logró un gran prestigio por haber alcanzado el éxito de su principal misión en Roma: la extinción de la Compañía de Jesús, y que el nuevo Papa, Pío VI, elegido en 1775, no se apartara de la política de su antecesor, Clemente XIV, muy contraria a los jesuitas. Para conseguir lo que Moñino calificó como "la carga más pesada y más llena de...

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