Los acontecimientos del siglo VIII a la luz de la historiografía tradicional. Reflexiones en torno a una obra de Enrique Herrera Oria

The purpose of this study is to analyze how Spanish historiography in the latter half of the 19th century which was not carried out under the auspices of the Spanish Royal Academy of History (Real Academia de la Historia) framed the fall of the Visigoth kingdom and the Battle of Covadonga in romanti...

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Main Author: Martín Río Saloma
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Navarra 2005-11-01
Series:Memoria y Civilización
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Online Access:https://www.unav.edu/publicaciones/revistas/index.php/myc/article/view/33748
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Los acontecimientos del siglo VIII a la luz de la historiografía tradicional. Reflexiones en torno a una obra de Enrique Herrera Oria
Memoria y Civilización
historiografía
nacionalismo
reconquista
españa s. xix
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title Los acontecimientos del siglo VIII a la luz de la historiografía tradicional. Reflexiones en torno a una obra de Enrique Herrera Oria
title_full Los acontecimientos del siglo VIII a la luz de la historiografía tradicional. Reflexiones en torno a una obra de Enrique Herrera Oria
title_fullStr Los acontecimientos del siglo VIII a la luz de la historiografía tradicional. Reflexiones en torno a una obra de Enrique Herrera Oria
title_full_unstemmed Los acontecimientos del siglo VIII a la luz de la historiografía tradicional. Reflexiones en torno a una obra de Enrique Herrera Oria
title_short Los acontecimientos del siglo VIII a la luz de la historiografía tradicional. Reflexiones en torno a una obra de Enrique Herrera Oria
title_sort los acontecimientos del siglo viii a la luz de la historiografia tradicional reflexiones en torno a una obra de enrique herrera oria
topic historiografía
nacionalismo
reconquista
españa s. xix
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url https://www.unav.edu/publicaciones/revistas/index.php/myc/article/view/33748
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