La época medieval

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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...

La historia la escriben los vencedores, y la Castilla victoriosa no fue una excepción. En el siglo XIII, tras ganar la batalla de Las Navas de Tolosa y conquistar gran parte de Al-Andalus, cuando sólo faltaba la pieza del reino nazarí de Granada para completar el mapa de la llamada Reconquista, Castilla era sin duda la nación más pujante de la península Ibérica y una de las nuevas potencias europeas. Su pasado, sin embargo, no era tan brillante como su presente: "No había logrado la independencia de León hasta el siglo XI, había sido uno de los últimos reinos cristianos en nacer y...