Suma y narracion de los Incas, que fueron señores de la ciudad del Cuzco

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El jueves 12 de septiembre de 1213, las tropas catalanas, aragonesas y occitanas del rey de Aragón Pedro el Católico se encontraban frente al castillo de Muret, no lejos de Toulouse. Allí estaban los caballeros franceses del conde Simon de Montfort, líder de la cruzada predicada por el papa Inocencio III en 1208 contra los cátaros del sur de Francia. Las circunstancias militares anunciaban una fácil victoria del rey Pedro y la consolidación de una gran monarquía feudal hispano-occitana a caballo de los Pirineos. Sin embargo, la batalla de Muret se convirtió en una de esas derrotas...

Premio de Ensayo y Humanidades José Ortega y Gasset de la Villa de Madrid (2007) En vísperas del bicentenario de la Guerra de la Independencia, una de las plumas más acreditaras del contemporaneísmo español reconstruye, sólida y agudamente, los principales aspectos de aquel decisivo conflicto, verdadero pórtico de la sociedad actual. Manejando bibliografía clásica y reciente, con objetividad y espíritu crítico, se analizan los acontecimientos bélicos y políticos que determinaron el rumbo de la contienda y, con él, la construcción de la España moderna. El papel de la guerrilla...

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