La estética de la Edad Media

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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...

El objetivo central de los nueve estudios recogidos en este libro es el análisis de los medios (imágenes, grabados, libros, escrituras antiguas, edificios, emblemas, etc.) a los que se recurrió en tiempos de Felipe II para crear la imagen real y difundirla mediante distintos expedientes de propaganda, todo ello al servicio de la conservación de la reputación del rey Felipe II y su monarquía. Para lograrlo se articuló un verdadero entramado que asombra por su amplitud, por su riqueza y, en especial, por la sorprendente capacidad demostrada para elegir las vías más adecuadas que...

La historiografía tradicional, española y europea, ha considerado la Guerra de Granada (1482-1492) como un hecho de naturaleza y alcance exclusivamente hispánicos. Se trataba del último episodio de un proceso ibérico, la « Reconquista », el enfrentamiento secular entre el Islam y la Cristiandad, consustancial al Medievo peninsular. El nacionalismo romántico del siglo XIX y la dictadura de Franco (1939-1975) lo marcaron a fuego en la identidad nacional española. Sin embargo, en las últimas décadas se han revisado estos postulados, hasta culminar en una revisión radical. Librado el...