Orbe Romano e Imperio Global

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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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Pocos temas históricos han suscitado y suscitan tanto interés como la organización y actuación de la Inquisición. Siempre huyendo de los aspectos morbosos, este libro ofrece un relato apasionante, serio y documentado sobre los procedimientos inquisitoriales, sus directores más famosos, orígenes, historia y peculiaridades de la Inquisición en España.