Viajes y cambios de residencia en el mundo romano

Se gana tiempo, es decir se trabaja con claridad, amplitud y diligencia cuando se hace la historia de un edificio. Ya lo demostró el autor reconstruyendo las historias complejas del actual palacio de gobierno y de lo que fueron las alhóndigas de San Luis Potosí. Pero esta vez no se trata de piedra y poder, de adobe y maíz, sino de piedra y madero, aquí el venerable Lignum Crucis.

La empresa del descubrimiento, exploración, conquista y colonización de América, representa un esfuerzo verdaderamente gigantesco de la España católica, si bien se consideran, de una parte, el estado de esta, empobrecida y desangrada durante ocho siglos de guerras, con una población que no pasaba de los nueve millones de almas, y, de otra parte, la distancia y extensión de las tierras exploradas y colonizadas, y cuanto en ellas hizo la metrópoli en el trascurso de tres siglos. En suma, al ambiente americano se unieron lo étnico, lo social, lo político, lo económico, lo científico...

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