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Animado por la constante molestia que le causaba el estricto control del Parlamento sobre la prensa y por la censura sobre su propia obra, Milton escribió este libro como un ejercicio de vigor prosístico que es hoy uno de los más antiguos y vigentes discursos en torno a la libertad de imprenta. Milton dedicó su alegato a la institución que, en el Reino Unido, sería la correspondiente del Areópago, el tribunal ateniense, para cuestionar las medidas de regulación y control oficiales de los medios. El poeta sufrió cárcel y estuvo cerca de ser ejecutado por sus actividades...

In the sixteenth century, the Spaniards became the first nation in history to have worldwide reach--across most of Europe to the Americas, the Philippines, and India. The Golden Age of the Spanish Empire would establish five centuries of Western supremacy across the globe and usher in an era of transatlantic exploration that eventually gave rise to the modern world. It was a time of discovery and adventure, of great political and social change--a time when Spain learned to rule the world. It was also a time of great turbulence and transition, which fueled an exceptional flourishing of art and ...

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