Qué es ser antioqueño

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Pedro José Guiteras sacó a la luz hechos olvidados, que sus antecesores creyeron infecundos o sobradamente significativos; llevó los estudios históricos de Cuba más allá de la simple crónica externa de acontecimientos a menudo intrascendentes, o como ahora podría decirse con Spengler, ahistóricos o faltos de historicidad, y por primera vez en la historiografía cubana se enlazó íntimamente el desarrollo de nuestro pueblo con el resto de la vida mundial. Fernando Ortiz

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.