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Contemplando y analizando la historia de España de los dos últimos siglos, muchos historiadores han dicho que era un país proclive a los conflictos civiles. Sin embargo, en comparación con otros, no se puede decir que en la España de los siglos XVI al XVIII hubiera una mayor tendencia a la violencia que en otros lugares de Occidente. Pero esto cambió radicalmente durante el siglo XIX y la primera mitad del XX, la época en la que entró en un proceso de rápida y extensa modernización política, económica y social, para la cual no estaba preparada. Y así hasta poder afirmar, sin...

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This engaging and fascinating book delves into a topic that has rarely been studied: travel in the medieval world. Presenting a cast of (usually moneyed) characters who traveled for religious or political reasons, or purely out of a desire for knowledge, adventure, or entertainment, this examination lays the stale concept of the medieval man as a static individual to rest. Este libro ameno y fascinante se enfoca sobre un tema poco estudiado: el viaje en el mundo medieval. Presentando un reparto de personajes frecuentemente adinerados que viajaban por razones religiosas o políticas, o por un...

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...