Villa María, Capital de la República

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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...

Resea de la produccin historiogrfica en torno al Segundo Imperio mexicano, este libro recoge las distintas formas en que se ha abordado la aventura imperial en momentos particulares y desde perspectivas varias. En ella se encuentran desde testimonios de soldados del ejrcito francs que acompaaron a Maximiliano, o versiones de historiadores del ltimo tercio del siglo XIX y del XX hasta las perspectivas innovadoras que han marcado nuevos derroteros dentro de las investigaciones sobre aquella poca.

Empeñado desde hace treinta años en recopilar y sacar a la luz los documentos más relevantes de nuestro pasado, resultaba inevitable enfrentarme antes o después a los Libros de Visitas de la Orden de Santiago. Se trata de una de las colecciones más importantes del Archivo Histórico Nacional, formada por una serie de enormes y desgastados volúmenes manuscritos procedentes en buena medida de los siglos XV y XVI, que habían logrado sobrevivir a la acción destructiva de las diferentes guerras y al abandono y deterioro del tiempo y las desamortizaciones. Custodiados desde sus orígenes en ...