El mundo griego y el Oriente II

“A cada uno de los grandes acontecimientos europeos, corresponde una reacción en el territorio americano. La escena de Bayona, en la que Fernando VII pierde su corona, inicia el proceso de la independencia y estimula en los criollos el propósito de crear juntas similares a las de España y con el mismo derecho con que aquellos fueron organizadas, al producirse el vacío monárquico. La instalación de las Cortes de Cádiz y la invitación a los americanos a formar parte de ellas, origina la redacción del célebre Memorial de agravios. El regreso de Fernando VII, con el triunfo...

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...

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