Estrella Oscura

La historia de los vascos está particularmente vinculada al mar pero su parquedad, su silencio secular, que le ha hecho merecer una bien ganada fama de ágrafo, ha supuesto una enorme rémora para conocer y definir los acontecimientos históricos en los que su protagonismo ha sido manifiesto. Afortunadamente, hoy día emergen figuras que, como la de José Antonio Azpiazu, exigen superar la imagen bipolar de la historia económica y social vasca, e integrar en el panorama histórico la faceta marítima. Este libro viene a reivindicar la importancia que el mar ha tenido en la historia de los...

Las guerras de Alfonso el Magnánimo ofrecieron amplias oportunidades de servicio a la nobleza valenciana. El destino de nobles como Joanot Martorell, Ausiàs March y sus coetáneos fue ser "caballeros del rey". Muchos de esos nobles consideraban que su principal función social y el medio más honroso para enriquecerse era servir como caballero. Pero las transformaciones derivadas de la continuidad de la guerra durante la primera mitad del siglo XV, que obligaron a crear estructuras militares más estables, impusieron cambios en las relaciones entre guerra y nobleza. ¿Cómo se integró...

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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...