Ciudades e Imperios. Una historia universal de la difusión del hecho urbano.

Francisco Marcos de Velasco (1635-1693) protagonizó un espectacular ascenso social desde unos orígenes hidalgos humildes hasta llegar a ser gobernador de la ciudadela de Amberes en 1679 y marqués del Pico de Velasco en 1684. El medio utilizado para su meteórica carrera fue el ingreso en la red clientelar de los condestables de Castilla, mediante un supuesto común origen familiar, y la carrera profesional en el ejército, en lo que seguía a otros miembros de su familia directa. Vivió en años muy difíciles para la monarquía hispánica en la Europa del Norte. Años en los que...

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