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The Improbable Conquest offers translations of a series of little-known letters from the chaotic Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region, uncovering a rich and understudied historical resource. These letters were written by a wide variety of individuals, including clergy, military officers, and the region’s first governor, Pedro de Mendoza. There is also an exceptional contribution from Isabel de Guevara, one of the few women involved in the conquest to have recorded her experiences. Writing about the conditions of settlements and expeditions, these individuals vividly expose the...

Ni el lirismo folclórico, ni un seco esquematismo etnológico pueden ser el punto de partida adecuado para el estudio de ese rico mosaico de diversidades de todo tipo que constituyen los pueblos de la Península Ibérica, sino que es precisamente ese entramado el que puede acercanos al origen del ser histórico y psicológico de los distintos pueblos, que se proyecta sobre sus rasgos sociales, sobre las constantes de su vida espiritual a través del folclore, estructura familiar, usos y costumbres, arte e indumentaria.

Durante siglos viajeros de todas las culturas se han quedado maravillados por esta belleza sin edad. El norteamericano Washington Irving, prototipo de historiador romántico, inicia un viaje por tierras andaluzas que le llevará a instalarse en Granada. Allí empezará a trazar un paisaje de la Granada de la época, sus gentes, sus calles, sus costumbres, etc, que será plasmado en los cuentos y leyendas que existen en torno a la Alhambra y a su pasado hispanomusulmán. Un viaje por el pasado de una ciudad pintoresca y plural: comunidad judía, aroma musulmán y presencia cristiana.