El astillero de Colindres (Cantabria) en la época de los Austrias menores

En esta obra, Christopher Dawson se propone dar una visión panorámica de la vida sociocultural de Occidente durante el milenio que transcurre entre la caída del Imperio romano y el Renacimiento italiano. Para Dawson, esta etapa, conocida como Edad Media o Edad Oscura, es el periodo donde se desarrolla un proceso sociocultural que comienza por el encuentro del cristianismo con las culturas de los pueblos bárbaros de Europa para llegar a conformar la cultura cristiana.

"¿Qué cosa es la España He advertido con el trato de diferentes naciones que muchos que son considerados instruidos en la historia, reciben notorias equivocaciones respeto a la España y no pocos creeen que los reynos y provincias que contiene la España tienen un mismo idioma, las mismas leyes, exsempsiones, costumbres y los mismos trajes. Para apagar semejantes equivocaciones, me valdré de algunas similitudes o comparaciones ... Eran estas naciones, en el continente de la España, distinctas en leyes, costumbres, trajes y idiomas. En leyes como es de ver en sus particulares estatutos;...

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