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Fray Tomás Gómez, docto monje cisterciense castellano, dejó escrita a su muerte una extensa memoria manuscrita en la que cuenta “los raros y nunca oídos sucesos” de su visita de inspección al real monasterio de Valldigna. El relato autobiográfico nos traslada a la Valencia de mediados del siglo XVII vista por un castellano viejo que se siente “en reino extraño”, menospreciado y acosado por los que se oponen a su misión. En este relato, asistimos a una lucha política por el control de los monasterios cistercienses de la Corona de Aragón, que enfrenta a dos importantes...

Las mujeres han sido las grandes olvidadas de la lucha contra el franquismo. Siempre se las relegó, incluso por sus propios compañeros de viaje, a un lugar secundario. Su responsabilidad y su compromiso político eran, cuando no ignorados, al menos considerados como subsidiarios. No se tuvo en cuenta su militancia expresa, su lucha valiente y arriesgada en la retaguardia, imprescindible para sostener la más visible vanguardia masculina, y tampoco el alto precio que pagaron por ello. Hoy sabemos que hubo, además de mujeres en el frente, mujeres en la lucha clandestina, en la guerrilla, a...

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