El Provencio, más pan y menos misa

Franco. Autoritarismo y poder personal no es solo una de las más equilibradas biografías del personaje, sino una estupenda síntesis de lo que fueron cuarenta años decisivos en la historia de España. Juan Pablo Fusi despliega en este libro el doble mérito de haberse acercado a la figura de Franco con el rigor del historiador exigente, y el de haber sabido aproximarlo a sus lectores con el estilo de un relato apasionante.

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El estudio del poder eclesiástico en la corte del Rey Católico muestra un panorama complejo y contradictorio. La España de los validos fue, por ejemplo, la misma que impidió a los religiosos ocupar este puesto. Y la España que censuraba libros era la misma que se escandalizaba de los sermones predicados libremente ante el rey en Palacio.0Laicos y religiosos rivalizaban por influir en los diversos gobiernos de la Monarquía. El confesor obtenía su poder gracias al control del?secreto real?, los predicadores sentenciaban con la autoridad que Dios les había concedido y los capellanes...