Una nueva mirada a las independencias

El presente estudio, al analizar las Cortes de Castilla en el inicio de la época moderna, concibe a la asamblea representativa castellana no sólo como una construcción de Derecho, sino básicamente en tanto proyección de realidades políticas y sociales. Tal perspectiva metodológica ha permitido comprobar las verdaderas funciones desarrolladas por las Cortes ante una monarquía radicalizada en su papel histórico, y que vio en ellas tan sólo un cauce e instrumento de sus apetencias más inmediatas, especialmente en el terreno fiscal. Como realidad social, quizá sean las Cortes una de...

Los doce relatos reunidos en esta antología logran dar a conocer el pasado de quienes habitaron en los territorios que hoy llamamos Chile entre mediados del siglo XVII y mediados del siglo XIX. Las plumas de Vicente Pérez Rosales, José Victorino Lastarria, Manuel Concha, Enrique del Solar, Lucía Bulnes Pinto y Joaquín Díaz Garcés dejaron una huella, tal vez indeleble, en las mentes de sus lectoras y lectores, que aprendieron y se sorprendieron con estos retratos a veces festivos y otras veces dramáticos. Se realizó la presente selección en base a un criterio fundamental que parece,...

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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...