Historia de España en la Edad Moderna

Simpson refleja la contradictoria fascinacion y el asombro que produce en los extranjeros el pasado y el presente de Mexico, lo mismo en el terreno de la referencia abstracta que en el de la confrontacion con una realidad cotidiana en la que la historia reaparece siempre con renovada vigencia. Tal vez por eso el autor nos dice que su libro es una invitacion al lector a hacer con el un remunerador viaje al pasado de Mexico.

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En 1550 comenzó un espectáculo insólito para el mundo: por primera vez en la historia, un emperador paraliza la expansión de su imperio para suscitar un debate: ¿es conforme a la justicia la civilización y conversión de los indios del Nuevo Mundo? A la pregunta de Carlos V intentarán responder dos hombres excepcionales que, ante su consejo compuesto por quince expertos que se reúnen en el Colegio San Gregorio de Valladolid, expondrán sus respectivas tesis: Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda y Bartolomé de Las Casas. Esta Controversia constituye el primer gran debate sobre los derechos...