Capitalismo minero y resistencia rural en el suroeste andaluz

El 22 de junio de 1822 no sería un día que Antonio Nariño y Ortega, hijo del prócer, olvidaría pronto. Debió leer una y otra vez la boleta de prisión librada a su nombre: "El Sr. Antonio Nariño pasa arrestado á la sala de visita de la carcel pública de esta Ciudad por sospecha de haber falsificado el marchamo1 de los tercios depositados en esta aduana. Mompox junio 22 de 1822. 12- Remigio Marquez, teniente coronel comisionado".2 Los datos proporcionados por esta papeleta no dejan de intrigar: un ciudadano ilustre habría alterado un documento de aduana y estaba encarcelado por ello; ...

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La palabra «cosaco» evoca imágenes muy distintas entre la gente. Para algunos, estos diestros jinetes de las estepas de Asia ?con cartucheras y gorros de piel, sables y espuelas? son una personificación romántica del valor y la osadía, de la libertad y el cristianismo militante. Para otros se trata de verdaderos jinetes del infierno: ora rebeldes depravados que hicieron tambalear la casa de los Romanov, ora instrumentos implacables de la expansión rusa y la represión zarista. La verdad no radica en un punto intermedio: por sorprendente que parezca, ambos extremos son ciertos. John Ure ...