Los reyes distantes/ The distant kings

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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...

Esta obra indaga en los orígenes familiares del dramaturgo del Siglo de Oro Felipe Godínez. En ella se trata de la persecución inquisitorial padecida en tierras portuguesas y en Venecia, del traslado a Andalucía y de la inserción socio-económica de unos refugiados religiosos. Otros aspectos centrales son la dispersión y ramificación de la familia en una amplísima geografía por razones comerciales y su ascenso por la escala social hasta el umbral mismo de la hidalguía. Al fondo, siempre presente, la mancha del origen: la sangre cristiana nueva del clan.

El sultanato mameluco era un reino medieval que abarcaba Egipto, el Levante y Hejaz. Duró desde el derrocamiento de la dinastía ayyubí hasta la conquista otomana de Egipto en 1517. Los historiadores han dividido tradicionalmente la era del gobierno mameluco en dos períodos, uno que abarca 1250-1382, el otro, 1382-1517. Los historiadores occidentales llaman al primero el período "Ba? Ri" y al segundo el "Burji" debido al dominio político de los regímenes conocidos por estos nombres durante las eras respectivas. Los historiadores musulmanes contemporáneos se refieren a las mismas...