Vida y temperamento: 1877-1920

El origen de la festividad del Corpus se encuentra en la respuesta que la iglesia dio a los herejes que ponían en duda la presencia de Cristo en los Santos Sacramentos. En la ciudad de Sevilla comienza a celebrarse desde el año 1400 aproximadamente, cuando la procesión tenía como elemento central y único al Cuerpo de Cristo, que era portado en un arca sobre andas. Desde entonces hasta el siglo XXI se realiza su recorrido desde la Santa Iglesia Catedral por el centro de la ciudad y volviendo de nuevo a la Seo sevillana, la mañana de jueves que según dice la tradición reluce más que el ...

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Eduardo Matos Moctezuma congrega aquí las voces de Hernán Cortés, fray Bernardino de Sahagún y Bernal Díaz del Castillo, para relatarnos la conquista espiritual de Tenochtitlan, no sin contemplar el aspecto de imposición y resistencia de conquistadores y conquistados.