Los aliados de la Mafia

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...

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Las primeras noticias que conocemos de los bandoleros surgen en el siglo XVI. Estos aparecieron en aquellas zonas que presentaban unas características muy concretas para que pudieran moverse en libertad y sin ser hostigados por las fuerzas del orden, es decir, las montañas, el escenario perfecto para el pillaje y el robo. Existe mucha literatura sobre ellos, de hecho los escritores románticos franceses e ingleses mitificaron a muchos bandoleros en sus obras. Y autores españoles como Lope de Vega y Cervantes contribuyeron también al mito. Gracias a ellos han entrado en el imaginario...