Secretos medievales

Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

La ciudad de Huéscar presentaba en el siglo XVI algunos caracteres que la hacían peculiar en el contexto del reino granadino. En primer lugar, era la única ciudad de señorío, concedida primero de forma vitalicia al condestable de Navarra, y, después, no sin resistencia de su oligarquía, a la casa de Alba. En segundo término, es de las pocas ciudades granadinas que desarrolló un enfrentamiento armado contra su señor en el levantamiento de las Comunidades castellanas. En tercer lugar, el juego de intereses entre grandes propietarios de rebaños de ovino (los "señores de ganados"),...

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Magno Félix Ennodio es uno de los autores latinos más prolífico del siglo VI d. C. Santo, obispo de Pavía, poeta, maestro de retórica y gramática, teólogo y embajador, vivió de cerca las intrigas políticas y las luchas religiosas de su época, lo que le convierte en un testimonio de primera mano para conocer el fascinante y agitado mundo que media entre el final de la Roma imperial y el comienzo de la Edad Media, en el contexto del fortalecimiento de los lazos entre el poder político y el religioso y del surgimiento de la mentalidad cristiana. Las obras que aquí se presentan son en ...

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