Historia del mundo antiguo

En esta extraordinaria obra, será el propio Camino de Santiago quien nos relate su conformación a lo largo de los siglos. Asistiremos a sus primeros balbuceos, cuando no era más que una ruta plagada de peligros que realizaban unos pocos elegidos para rendir tributo a los restos del apóstol Santiago, y comprobaremos cómo la ruta jacobea se convirtió en un referente para multitud de peregrinos llegados de diferentes partes de Europa, dando lugar a un rosario de urbes nacidas y desarrolladas en torno a un acontecimiento que tiene ya carácter universal.

La prehistoria de la vitivinicultura iniciada durante la Colonia en la posesión española más austral, evolucionó de una manera cualitativa solo a partir de la segunda mitad del siglo diecinueve. Enriquecidos por las actividades mineras en el norte de Chile, el comercio, las finanzas y negocios especulativos, se gestó una nueva casta de aristócratas criollos cautivados por Francia. De regreso en el país reprodujeron lo visto en Francia, construyeron palacios, adoptaron las modas y costumbres europeas y plantaron reconocidas cepas francesas en sus predios chilenos. Al explorar el origen...

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