La Europa remodelada 1848-1878

«Con gran precisión Neubauer expone los mecanismos del rumor. Estas historias detrás de la historia convierten este libro en un verdadero tesoro, y no solamente para los historiadores de la cultura.» Die Zeit Fama es un ensayo sobre el rumor a lo largo de la historia, que comienza en la antigua Grecia y culmina con un debate sobre el tema en la época de la tecnología. Así, Hans-Joachim Neubauer aborda y comenta en este excepcional estudio diferentes ejemplos ;la Revolución francesa, la poesía de Chaucer, internet, Monica Lewinsky o las leyendas urbanas;, examina las condiciones que...

De la mano de Juana La Loca desembarcó en España una dinastía extranjera que había hecho de los matrimonios entre parientes su seña de identidad en el resto de Europa. Los Habsburgo («los Halcones») aterrizaron en la península y pusieron la hacienda y la infantería castellana a disposición de sus disparatadas empresas. Cada generación más endogámica; cada vez más chiflados. Carlos I, el depresivo; Felipe II, el imprudente; Felipe III, el ludópata; Felipe IV, el vicioso; Carlos II, el endemoniado. La confusa y peculiar España alimentó sus contradicciones, las del Emperador de...

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