Historia del mayorazgo de Chasna en la Isla de Tenerife

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Geoffrey Parker, una de las grandes figuras del hispanismo británico, replantea aquí, a la luz de las últimas aportaciones, el tema de los orígenes de la decadencia española, situándolo en el contexto de la crisis mundial del siglo XVII: una sucesión de desastres climáticos y de guerras que llevó a algunos a la desesperación o al suicidio y a otros a revolverse contra “aquellos a los que consideraban responsables de sus infortunios”. Los errores políticos de Felipe IV cobran así un sentido distinto y los orígenes de la decadencia se nos muestran en una nueva perspectiva. El...

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