Al-Andalus y su herencia

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La figura del "espadón", el militar que interviene en la política, no fue un fenómeno únicamente español como tantas veces se ha pensado. Tras la experiencia napoleónica, desde las primeras décadas del siglo XIX, tanto en Europa como en América se fue forjando la imagen mítica del general heroico, siempre a lomos de un caballo, fuerte, ejemplar, abnegado, guardián del honor y la gloria de la nación, defensor de la libertad, pero también de la autoridad y el orden. Cualidades que convirtieron a determinados generales en líderes carismáticos, mesiánicos, tanto en la guerra como...

Salvador Larrua-Guedes (Camaguey, Cuba, 1942) went to grade school and high school in Catholic schools in Cuba. He received degrees in journalism and mathematics, as well as a doctorate in Economics. He is a registered investigator at the Archivo General de Indias in Spain. Ex-professor at the University of Havana and the Cuban Seminar (San Carlos), he is the author of 42 history books. Monsignor Roman was a holy man, totally given to virtue, as we can observe reading the events in his life, witnessed by the thousands of people who knew and revered him. It is for this reason that this...

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...