Enigmas de México

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En la ciudad de Mexico, el 8 de junio de 1692 comenzo con los festejos de la celebracion del Corpus Christi y termino entre fuertes tensiones y miedos. Al final del dia, el centro urbano de la capital del gran virreinato novohispano acabo en llamas y saqueado. Sus 23 mil habitantes indios fueron senalados como los culpables de esta barbarie. El motin mexicano de 1692 sirve como texto cultural para una nueva aproximacion a la dinamica de la vida politica de la segunda mitad del siglo XVII. Esta investigacion es una minuciosa reconstruccion historica del motin acompanada de un detallado estudio ...

La irradiación del humanismo desde Italia al resto de Europa gestó el Renacimiento, una época que alumbró nuevas tendencias en el arte, la literatura y la música. Se impuso la monarquía autoritaria como forma de gobierno, y Occidente fue testigo de los viajes transoceánicos, el ascenso de la burguesía y el florecimiento de las ciudades. Al mismo tiempo, la Reforma de Lutero terminó por dividir la cristiandad y dio lugar a interminables guerras de religión.

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