Peter Parley's Universal History, on the Basis of Geography

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Vinieron de todos los continentes a luchar en una guerra lejana para ellos. Miles de hombres y mujeres que dejaron sus familias y sus países para venir a España a combatir junto al ejército republicano e intentar frenar el avance del fascismo en Europa. Rémi Skoutelsky, historiador especializado en la materia, ofrece un relato indispensable para conocer todos los detalles sobre la actuación de los brigadistas que protagonizaron uno de los episodios clave en la historia de nuestro país.

En este texto se destaca la relevancia de las estructuras que determinan el sistema feudal europeo y la cosmovisión medieval, pues en su evolución se sitúan la expansión europea, el desarrollo del sistema capitalista y el surgimiento de la era renacentista, cuando el pensamiento adquiere una dimensión universal y la civilización se acoge a la modernidad. Maquiavelo, padre de la teoría del Estado moderno, Colón el descubridor y Cortés el conquistador, simbolizan algunos aspectos de este proceso; los dos últimos son, además, artífices del ingreso del nuevo mundo a la Era Moderna.

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