El Breviario de Martín el Humano

Hay anos que pasan y no dejan huella; otros, en cambio, parecen destinados a marcar indeleblemente la memoria historica y cultural. El ano 1971 es una de esas fechas en que la historia parece adensarse y los escritos, actos y gestos se inscriben en configuraciones paradigmaticas, puesto que pocas veces acontecimientos ocurridos en Cuba tuvieron tanta repercusion internacional. Apelando a un vasto repertorio de fuentes, desde publicaciones del periodo hasta memorias, cartas y estudios recientes, el autor ha reconstruido vividamente para nosotros la cronica de un ano (y, con el, de una epoca...

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El triunfo español sobre México-Tenochtitlán estuvo condicionado por una serie de factores históricos; entre los más significativos está, sin duda, la alianza de los pueblos de la región tlaxcalteca que, sojuzgados por la hegemonía mexica, buscaron en los conquistadores el apoyo para la lucha por su autonomía. El estudio de Charles Gibson presenta un lúcido análisis de la historia misma del pueblo tlaxcalteca, pueblo que viviera en los años siguientes a la Conquista en 1525.