Retratos

Retratos

Gerardo Vidal Guzmán

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Editorial:
Editorial Universitaria de Chile
Año de edición:
2009
Materia
Historia
ISBN:
9789561119802
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Retratos, el tiempo de las reformas y los descubrimientos nos ofrece una visión llana y sugestiva de los grandes cambios que marcaron la transición desde la Edad Media a la primera Modernidad. En rigurosa continuidad con los tres volúmenes anteriormente publicados, el libro nos presenta toda una época a partir de sus protagonistas más señeros, combinando con humor y agudeza la exposición de los grandes procesos históricos que ellos desencadenaron con los relatos, de sus dramas, sus aventuras, sus triunfos y sus fracasos.

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