Mujeres patriotas y realistas entre dos órdenes:

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La Guerra de la Independencia provoca un inaudito trauma colectivo e individual. En 1808, obliga a escoger precipitadamente entre la colaboración con los invasores y la resistencia. El dilema es especialmente acuciante para la élite ilustrada. Por su lado, los militares, los paisanos incorporados a la guerrilla, los eclesiásticos, los notables locales, los letrados, las mujeres..., en sus respectivas áreas y con sus actuaciones heroicas o mediocres, revelan sus mentalidades y sus credos. A partir de 1810, en la minúscula península gaditana, otros personajes acceden a la notoriedad por...

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En la Real Carcel de Corte, ubicada en el Palacio Virreinal, habia "un millon de presos. Unos blancos, otros prietos; unos medio vestidos, otros decentes; unos empelotados, otros enredados en sus pinchas"; en ella, "unos jugaban albures, otros saltaban con los grillos, otros cantaban, otros tejian medias y puntas, otros platicaban, y cada cual procuraba divertirse." Esto fue escrito por Jose Joaquin Fernandez de Lizardi en "El Periquillo Sarniento," pero que era una carcel en la parte final de la epoca colonial?, que funcion desempenaba en el proceso judicial?, cual era su jurisdiccion?,...