Documentación medieval en el Archivo universitario salmantino

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En una amplia Introducción el profesor Gutiérrez Escudero expone con detalle la curiosa amalgama de mitos, fantasías y realidades que durante siglos condicionaron las creencias de la humanidad, hasta el momento en el que un enigmático personaje, Cristóbal Colón, se propone la realización de una travesía fundamental: la navegación a Oriente por Poniente. Una selección de textos que narran los preparativos, las angustias de viaje y visicitudes del Descubrimiento cierra este libro, completando así el primer ciclo de una más larga historia.

El tema se aborda desde una perspectiva antropocéntrica y muy ligada a las condiciones colectivas de vida a largo plazo. La configuración histórica del paisaje se examina combinando distintas variables: relaciones sociales, derechos de propiedad, transformaciones económicas y técnicas, y características físicas de cada territorio. Trata, en especial, de las repercusiones paisajísticas de las grandes mudanzas agrarias sobre zonas de Cataluña, Aragón, Navarra, Madrid, Andalucía, el País Vasco y Cuba, entre el siglo XI y el XX.