Mariano José de Larra

Este texto constituye una aportación clave para entender la política de la monarquía española en unos años de cambio y transición, entre los gobiernos de los Reyes Católicos y de Carlos V. La figura política y el papel de mecenas de Diego Ramírez de Villaescusa, su formación intelectual, política, artística y cultural; sus servicios a la monarquía y su vinculación con la corte; su labor pastoral, sus aspiraciones por el capelo cardenalicio y sus numerosos patrocinios artísticos determinan la importancia de este personaje para entender el devenir histórico de la monarquía...

Rival del España durante siglos por la hegemonía en el Mediterráneo y tan mentado como poco conocido, el Imperio otomano llegó a extenderse desde Arabia hasta el Danubio y desde el Mar Negro hasta el Magreb. Dentro de sus fronteras convivieron pueblos de cultura muy diferente griegos, albaneses, kúrdos, tártaros, árabes... que conservaron sus características definitorias. Todos ellos, con sus tradiciones, costumbres y supersticiones, desfilan por esta obra de Jason Goodwin compartiendo páginas con la magnificencia de Solimán el Magnífico, la pulcritud de la burocracia otomana, el...

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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...