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En este libro se explora cómo surgieron y pasaron al acervo popular los errores de interpretación acerca de la historia de la conquista española de América. Se ofrece, asimismo, una nueva crónica de las actividades de los conquistadores y exploradores más célebres, entre los que se cuentan Colón, Cortés y Pizarro. A partir de una amplia selección de fuentes, el historiador Matthew Restall destaca siete mitos esenciales, en los cuales revela el origen de las inexactitudes y refuta las falacias implícitas. Este texto atractivo y bien documentado muestra, por ejemplo, que los...

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Investigación en torno a los poderes sobrenaturales atribuidos a los monarcas en la Edad Media, e incluso hasta 1825, en la consagración del rey Carlos V de Francia, último soberano que tocó las escrófulas de sus súbditos enfermos para proporcionarles milagrosa cura. Para Bloch, las prácticas taumatúrgicas de los soberanos europeos son una clave para comprender las complejas relaciones entre saber, magia, poder y religión que han dibujado el rostro de la civilización occidental.