Decamerón londinense

Obra cumbre del célebre historiador soviético S. I. Kovaliov, el presente libro, prologado, anotado y actualizado por Domingo Plácido, supuso una auténtica apertura en los estudios sobre el mundo clásico. Su ambicioso enfoque permite construir una obra monumental, erudita y amena, que no deja ningún aspecto sin tratar. Así, el lector accede a la totalidad del la historia de la Monarquía, la República y el Imperio romano, así como a las transformaciones políticas, económicas y sociales que a lo largo de casi un milenio configuraron la historia de Occidente.

El enigmático Carlos V, emperador de Europa y el Nuevo Mundo, es la fi gura central en torno a la que gira el monumental estudio de la gran historia del Imperio español que Hugh Thomas comenzó a narrar con gran éxito en su obra El imperio español. Este volumen comienza en 1522 con el regreso de los restos de la expedición de Magallanes y termina con la muerte de Carlos V en 1558. Entre esos años, los españoles conquistan Guatemala, Yucatán, Colombia, Venezuela, Perú y Chile, y controlan ambos lados del poderoso Río de la Plata. Con su habitual estilo colorido y detallista, Thomas...

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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...