Toledo y las tres culturas

Con este libro se pretende enriquecer la comprensión del cambio social en períodos de transición como la Edad Moderna y la crisis del Antiguo Régimen. Problemática que en buena parte de los textos aquí reunidos convierten el estudio de la movilidad social en su hilo conductor. Para ello, se ponen en práctica algunos de los recursos metodológicos propios de la nueva historia social que se han desarrollado a partir de la historia de la familia. Cuestiones como alianzas matrimoniales, estrategias hereditarias, genealogías sociales, trayectorias familiares e individuales, redes sociales...

Jorge Garcia Montes was born in New York, United States, on october 19, 1898. His father, Jose Maria Garcia Montes, was exiled during the war of Cuba's independence against the Spaniards. Later, he became the first Secretary of Finance in 1902 with the first President of the Republic of Cuba, Tomas Estrada Palma. He studied at the University of Havana, where he graduated with a Law degree in 1917. An eminent student, he recieved several awards, among them the Lanuza prize. Elected to the House of Representatives from the Province of Santa Clara, Garcia Montes was a member of the Liberal...

A la muerte de su padre en 1598, Felipe III heredó un gigantesco imperio que inexorablemente exigía ser mantenido por la fuerza de las armas. El nuevo rey, con sus veinte años apenas recién cumplidos, era renuente a esa fatalidad y procuró no emprender nuevas aventuras militares. A pesar de la mejor voluntad real, las inmensas posesiones españolas se vieron una y otra vez atacadas y, en solo diez años, obligaron a sus ejércitos a mantener 162 batallas repartidas por todos los confines terrestres. Hasta ahora, la historiografía convencional solía tratar aquellos encuentros que se...

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