Mercedes Sanz-Bachiller

Este libro cuenta la historia de un mundo en transformación y de una sociedad, la peruana, que ansiaba una vida mejor. Aunque compartido, este anhelo tenía significados distintos para los diferentes secrores de la heterogénea sociedad colonial. De ahí que las luchas por la independencia peruana fueran al mismo tiempo una guerra civil y una guerra internacional, una guerra de poder y una guerra de ideas, que involucró a todos los estamentos en pos de sus propios intereses y sueños.

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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 1517, un joven de diecisiete años llegó a las costas de un país del que acababa de convertirse en rey, pero cuya gente no conocía y cuyo idioma no hablaba. España, tierra sacudida por la revolución, resultó ser un reto para el joven Carlos de Habsburgo. Pronto se enfrentó a nuevos retos cuando siendo emperador de Alemania fue llamado a confrontar una rebelión religiosa, y a buscar recursos para combatir invasiones musulmanas por tierra y mar. Afortunadamente, contaba con las riquezas traídas de la lejana y rica América. Henry Kamen nos ofrece, de forma magistral, una perspectiva ...