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Després que el papa Bonifaci VII enfeudés a Jaume II el regne de Sardenya, l'illa entra en l'òrbita política catalano-aragonesa a principis del segle xiv. El vincle amb la Corona d'Aragó es reforça a mitjan segle xv, però sobretot són les reformes de Ferran el Catòlic les que modernitzen Sardenya i preludien la integració polític-institucional del regne en la Monarquia composta dels Àustries. Després de sofrir la controvertida destinació de la política imperial de Carles V, la voluntat política de Felip II determina, en la segona meitat del xvi, la consolidació definitiva de...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Don Diego de Torres y Villarroel, Gran Piscator de Salamanca, ha pasado a los anaqueles de la historia como un astrólogo enqueverizado y pícaro notorio. Así lo vieron, por ejemplo, Ramón Gómez de la Serna o el doctor Marañón, quien lo define como «un tahúr a quien su gracia sirvió de pabellón para las más innobles aventuras». Sin embargo, Torres Villarroel fue un hombre atormentado por la sombra de la Divinidad, y el mejor escritor de todo el XVIII español, dueño de una prosa dúctil y barroquizante, de gran plasticidad, y cuya primacía no han querido reconocer gentes como...