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La ciudad de Huéscar presentaba en el siglo XVI algunos caracteres que la hacían peculiar en el contexto del reino granadino. En primer lugar, era la única ciudad de señorío, concedida primero de forma vitalicia al condestable de Navarra, y, después, no sin resistencia de su oligarquía, a la casa de Alba. En segundo término, es de las pocas ciudades granadinas que desarrolló un enfrentamiento armado contra su señor en el levantamiento de las Comunidades castellanas. En tercer lugar, el juego de intereses entre grandes propietarios de rebaños de ovino (los "señores de ganados"),...

Nacidos originalmente como parte de la liturgia funeraria en Etruria, los combates de gladiadores fueron adquiriendo progresivamente a partir del siglo III a.C. una complejidad y una importancia social dentro del mundo romano que acabaron haciendo de ellos mucho más que un simple espectáculo. En esta breve introducción organizada en torno a tres grandes apartados -los gladiadores, los espectáculos y su relación con el entorno-, M. Amparo Mateo Donet traza un panorama tan completo como riguroso de los particulares y de la evolución histórica de los juegos gladiatorios, de su...

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