Historia de la tolerancia en España

"Rómulo histórico» constituye un ensayo de interpretación de la personalidad histórica de Rómulo Betancourt en la génesis e instauración de la democracia moderna en Venezuela. El propósito expreso de su autor no es el de componer una biografía personal, sino el de contribuir al conocimiento de la personalidad sociopolítica de Rómulo Betancourt, cuya significación –sostiene– será mejor apreciada al enfocársela en el largo período histórico. Germán Carrera Damas se propuso poner de relieve el rasgo que considera más expresivo de la personalidad histórica de Betancourt, a ...

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...

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...

Este libro indaga en la relación entre la Monarquía española y los virreinatos americanos en las décadas centrales del siglo XVII a través de la vida y obra de Juan de Palafox (1600-1659). Hechura de Olivares, fiel servidor del rey, pactista convencido y justiciero implacable, Palafox llegó a Nueva España en 1640 con un ambicioso programa de reformas que generaron una profunda convulsión. Palafox impuso la autoridad del clero secular sobre las órdenes religiosas e intentó potenciar el poder de los criollos a costa de una corrompida burocracia virreinal. El resultado fue un...