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La historia la escriben los vencedores, y la Castilla victoriosa no fue una excepción. En el siglo XIII, tras ganar la batalla de Las Navas de Tolosa y conquistar gran parte de Al-Andalus, cuando sólo faltaba la pieza del reino nazarí de Granada para completar el mapa de la llamada Reconquista, Castilla era sin duda la nación más pujante de la península Ibérica y una de las nuevas potencias europeas. Su pasado, sin embargo, no era tan brillante como su presente: "No había logrado la independencia de León hasta el siglo XI, había sido uno de los últimos reinos cristianos en nacer y...