Menéndez de Avilés y la Florida

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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...

A medio camino entre la historia literaria y la interpretación histórica, Philippe Ollé-Laprune ofrece una sucinta y completa introducción a una literatura que siempre ha intentado liberarse de la influencia del poder: de los curas, soldados y administradores del pasado como de los autores contemporáneos que gozan de numerosas becas, cargos públicos e incentivos, pero que, a la vez, enfrentan una de las redes más pobres para la difusión del libro.

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...