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Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (Cuéllar, 1549 - Madrid, 1626), cronista, historiador y escritor prolífico del Siglo de Oro, es autor, entre otras obras, de la Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos en las Islas y Tierra Firme del mar Océano o Décadas, considerada una de las primeras "Historias de América", principalmente de los descubrimientos y conquistas. Fue Cronista Mayor de Castilla y de Indias. Está considerado el historiador de temática más amplia en su época. Entre su abundante obra sobresale esta Historia General del Mundo en tiempos de Felipe II, que Mariano...

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Joseph de la Barrera expones en su Dedicatoria a la condesa de Paredes el proposito del festin con el que el convento de Clarisas dispuso la ceremonia de bienvenida a la nueva Virreina: hazer ostentativo alarde de sus carinos y publica demostracion de sus afectos. Aun resuenan los ecos de las festivas aclamaciones de su felice entrada, por lo que los arcos disenados por Sor Juana y Siguenza son el referente sobre el que Barrera justifica la validez del ofrecimiento de las Clarisas. El relator se confiesa admirado a la metrica plausible armonia con que tantos canoros cisnes del mexicano...