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For Glory and Bolívar
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ISBN: 0292793944 0292718292 029272151X Year: 2008 Publisher: University of Texas Press

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She was a friend, lover, and confidante of charismatic Spanish American independence hero Simón Bolívar and, after her death, a nationalist icon in her own right. Yet authors generally have chosen either to romanticize Manuela Sáenz or to discount her altogether. For Glory and Bolivar: The Remarkable of Life of Manuela Sáenz, by contrast, offers a comprehensive and clear-eyed biography of her. Based on unprecedented archival research, it paints a vivid portrait of the Quito-born "Libertadora," revealing both an exceptional figure and a flesh-and-blood person whose life broadly reflected the experiences of women during Spanish America's turbulent Age of Revolution. Already married at the time of her meeting with the famous Liberator, Sáenz abandoned her husband in order to become not only Bolívar's romantic companion, but also his official archivist, a member of his inner circle, and one of his most loyal followers. She played a central role in Spanish South America's independence drama and eventually in developments leading to the consolidation of new nations. Pamela Murray, for the first time, closely examines Sáenz's political trajectory including her vital, often-overlooked years in exile. She exposes the myths that still surround her. She offers, in short, a nuanced and much-needed historical perspective, one that balances recognition of Sáenz's uniqueness with awareness of the broader forces that shaped this dynamic nineteenth-century woman.

Quito y la crisis de la alcabala 1580-1600
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ISBN: 997884029X 2821844883 Year: 1997 Publisher: Institut français d’études andines

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Quinto y la crisis de la alcabala (1580-1600) intenta comprender la lógica del desarrolló de este capítulo que la historiografía ecuatoriana juzga a menudo decisivo para el devenir nacional, pero que no ha sido jamás objeto de un estudio preciso. A pesar de la enorme cantidad de documentos de origen diverso que existen sobre el tema, nada nuevo se había hecho desde González Suárez y su célebre Historia General de la República del Ecuador. Bernard Lavallé reconstruve el juego complejo de los diversos elementos de una coyuntura que, en el marco del virreinato de Lima en una época bisagra de su evolución, se presenta, a partir de 1580, con cierto número de especificidades y caracteres más marcados en la región de Quito que en otras. Asi, su ínteres estriba en la posibilidad que ofrece la crisis de captar a los protagonistas en su comportamiento real, individual y colectivo; y en la comprensión de la lógica profunda de las diversas reacciones en esos:momentos claves de la vida en los que, presionadas por la prisa y la pasión, las acciones dicon más que los discursos y sobre todo con menos disimulo.

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