Historia natural y moral de las Indias

Las guerras de Alfonso el Magnánimo ofrecieron amplias oportunidades de servicio a la nobleza valenciana. El destino de nobles como Joanot Martorell, Ausiàs March y sus coetáneos fue ser "caballeros del rey". Muchos de esos nobles consideraban que su principal función social y el medio más honroso para enriquecerse era servir como caballero. Pero las transformaciones derivadas de la continuidad de la guerra durante la primera mitad del siglo XV, que obligaron a crear estructuras militares más estables, impusieron cambios en las relaciones entre guerra y nobleza. ¿Cómo se integró...

Esta magnífica obra trata del amor que sentía el gran cacique Guarionex por la hermosa taina Loarina. Pero este gran amor no era correspondido, pues Loarina amaba a su vez al soldado español Cristobal de Sotomayor. Al sentirse rechazado, Guarionex reta a un duelo a muerte a Sotomayor, que termina con graves consecuencias para ambos...

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