D. Juan Ruiz De Alarcon Y Mendoza

El pasado debería ser igual para todos, pero no lo es. Existe la tendencia cada vez más habitual y preocupante de adaptar la historia a las necesidades del presente. En esta obra, Paolo Mieli, uno de los intelectuales más destacados e inconformistas de Italia, denuncia la recurrente manipulación de los acontecimientos históricos que a menudo se comete por intereses políticos. A través de numerosos ejemplos que constatan la tergiversación y la simplificación de los hechos del pasado, Mieli desmonta mitos y versiones oficiales, al tiempo que nos advierte del peligro de instaurar estas...

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El libro reúne una cuidadosa selección de documentos, ordenanzas, cartas y todo tipo de relaciones administrativas que nos ilustran no solamente de las dotes organizativas del conquistador, sino del sutil y agudo sentido de la estrategia política que Hernán Cortés puso al servicio de la consolidación del poder y el dominio españoles en los primeros años de la Colonia.