La estética de la Edad Media

Siempre nos han contado que España conquistó América, pero esa no es toda la verdad. Frente a la América conquistada y colonizada existió otra América habitada por pueblos que jamás se rindieron, nativos que se alzaron una y otra vez contra el opresor, esclavos fugados que crearon sus propios mundos ocultos en selvas y montañas e incluso europeos que se rebelaron contra las autoridades establecidas y eligieron vivir sin reglas, libres, independientes y salvajes. Ellos forman la América indómita, la de los rebeldes, resistentes y marginales que plantaron cara a los conquistadores o,...

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Cuando la oralidad era imperante, siete soldados de la Monarquía sintieron la necesidad de escribir sus autobiografías en la primera mitad del siglo xvii. Entre ellos, el capitán Alonso de Contreras, cuya obra, vital, cautivó a Ortega y Gasset. Con sus plumas retrataron al Imperio, del Mediterráneo al Índico. Esa fotografía del Leviatán —el Estado Moderno—, en sus años formativos, constituye el principal propósito de este libro, en un acercamiento pragmático, inmerso en la cotidianidad, jocosa o trágica. Se siguen vidas a «salto de mata», rescatando sus sueños y tropelías, ...