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Després que el papa Bonifaci VII enfeudés a Jaume II el regne de Sardenya, l'illa entra en l'òrbita política catalano-aragonesa a principis del segle xiv. El vincle amb la Corona d'Aragó es reforça a mitjan segle xv, però sobretot són les reformes de Ferran el Catòlic les que modernitzen Sardenya i preludien la integració polític-institucional del regne en la Monarquia composta dels Àustries. Després de sofrir la controvertida destinació de la política imperial de Carles V, la voluntat política de Felip II determina, en la segona meitat del xvi, la consolidació definitiva de...

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El conde Federico Tomás de Adlercreutz nació en Finlandia, en el seno de una antigua familia de la nobleza escandinava. Tuvo una educación esmerada y llegó a ser edecán del rey y diplomático sobresaliente. Por problemas financieros se vio obligado a dejar Suecia, su patria, a finales de 1819. Viajó a Londres, donde se enroló en la Legión Irlandesa y una vez en América se integró al ejército Libertador. Adlercreutz permaneció en América cerca de tres décadas, entre 1820 y 1849, y no hay duda que con su presencia se fortalecieron las relaciones de Suecia con las repúblicas...

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