Palabra y poder

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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...

Revoluciones, sequías, hambrunas, invasiones, guerras, regicidios... Los desastres que se sucedieron en la segunda mitad del siglo xvii no sólo no tenían precedentes, sino que se propagaron por el globo de una forma atroz. La crisis mundial se extendió desde Inglaterra hasta Japón, desde el Imperio ruso hasta el África subsahariana. El continente americano tampoco escapó a las turbulencias. El prestigioso historiador Geoffrey Parker ha investigado en archivos del mundo entero (cita alrededor de 2.500 fuentes) y nos muestra aquí unos 700 testimonios de hombres y mujeres que contaron en ...

Esta obra constituye una verdadera revelación de una figura menospreciada durante doscientos años por la historiografía española, la de la tercera esposa de Fernando VII, María Josefa Amalia de Sajonia. En esta aparente «novela epistolar», la joven reina se nos muestra muy alejada de la imagen de beata reaccionaria, sumisa e insignificante con la que, de manera interesada, suele ser etiquetada, para ofrecernos aspectos íntimos de su vida familiar y política en el período de 1821-1822. La primera reina constitucional se nos aparece como una verdadera intelectual, culta y refinada...