La Peste Negra

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A medio camino entre el reportaje y el libro de viaje, las crónicas del renombrado periodista polaco, considerado sucesor del gran Ryszard Kapuscinski. En agosto de 2008, Georgia saltaba a las primeras páginas de la prensa internacional por una breve e insensata guerra contra Rusia. Un conflicto incomprensible para muchos, pero cuyas raíces se hunden en la década de 1990. En ese momento, cuando la atención de la prensa internacional se fijaba en el conflicto de los Balcanes, Wojciech Jagielski decidió enfrentarse -prácticamente en solitario- a otro de los puntos calientes del planeta:...

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A les darreries de l'edat mitjana, el patrimoni de la Corona a les comarques de la Vall d'Albaida i l'Alcoià estava format per les viles d'Ontinyent, Alcoi, Biar, Bocairent i Penàguila, enquadrades administrativament per les seues respectives batllies locals. D'elles extreia la monarquia unes rendes d'accentuat caràcter agrari, on predominaven el terç-delme, els monopolis reials -forns, molins, carnisseries- i els tributs fixos de la peita i la cena. El caràcter estable dels tipus impositius d'aquests drets i les modalitats de la seua gestió -arrendaments, emfiteusi- limitaven la...