El mundo antiguo

Bartolomé Clavero, catedrático de Historia del derecho de la Universidad de Sevilla, nos ofrece un texto que es, a la vez, un descargo de conciencia personal, la recuperación de la memoria histórica de una familia que prosperó a la sombra de la dictadura y, sobre todo, una elocuente denuncia, no sólo de los crímenes franquistas, sino, sobre todo, de la desmemoria posterior, empeñada en hacernos olvidar que "buena parte de la clase pudiente hoy en España debe su posición a la sangre y al despojo", como consecuencia de haberse alzado "con la victoria en la guerra y el botín en la...

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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...

En la historia militar de Europa no hay una hazaña logística comparable a la del Camino Español. Durante los más de ochenta años que duró la Guerra de Flandes, desde 1566 a 1648, España mantuvo abierto el largo corredor que unía sus posesiones en el norte de Italia con los Países Bajos, para permitir que sus invencibles tercios llegaran al campo de batalla. Una ruta erizada de obstáculos geográficos y enemigos poderosos, que atravesaba los Alpes, grandes ríos, bosques y desfiladeros. Geoffrey Parker, el prestigioso historiador inglés, califica de "milagro" el hecho de que en...