El Siglo XVII

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El presente estudio, al analizar las Cortes de Castilla en el inicio de la época moderna, concibe a la asamblea representativa castellana no sólo como una construcción de Derecho, sino básicamente en tanto proyección de realidades políticas y sociales. Tal perspectiva metodológica ha permitido comprobar las verdaderas funciones desarrolladas por las Cortes ante una monarquía radicalizada en su papel histórico, y que vio en ellas tan sólo un cauce e instrumento de sus apetencias más inmediatas, especialmente en el terreno fiscal. Como realidad social, quizá sean las Cortes una de...

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Córdoba es fruto de la convivencia, antagonismos e intercambios de diversas culturas: pequeño asentamiento junto al río; émula de la Roma imperial como capital Bética; avanzada del lujo y exotismo oriental como corte de los emires y califas omeyas; ciudad de frontera con el reino nazarí; orlada de prestigiosos blasones nobiliarios e innumerables conventos, como islas y archipiélagos diseminados extensamente en su tejido urbano renacentista y barroco —ora alimentado por la riqueza de Indias, ora asolado por crisis y epidemias—; y, finalmente, modesta y ensimismada capital de...