Los secretos de la Capilla Sixtina

Quinto y la crisis de la alcabala (1580-1600) intenta comprender la lógica del desarrolló de este capítulo que la historiografía ecuatoriana juzga a menudo decisivo para el devenir nacional, pero que no ha sido jamás objeto de un estudio preciso. A pesar de la enorme cantidad de documentos de origen diverso que existen sobre el tema, nada nuevo se había hecho desde González Suárez y su célebre Historia General de la República del Ecuador. Bernard Lavallé reconstruve el juego complejo de los diversos elementos de una coyuntura que, en el marco del virreinato de Lima en una época...

Durante el reinado de Felipe II, al igual que en toda la Edad Moderna, aquellos personajes que obtuvieron la confianza del rey fueron quienes consiguieron más influencia política, al margen o por encima de las relaciones institucionales. Partiendo de esta premisa, José Martínez Millán ha dirigido a un equipo de investigadores que a través del retrato de nueve figuras representativas de la corte del Rey Prudente (el secretario, el confesor, el inquisidor, el asentista, etc.) y de uno que no puede acceder a ella, nos ofrecen una imagen novedosa de la más poderosa monarquía de su época.

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