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An edition of El Gran Capitán (2020)

El Gran Capitán

Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba es uno de los generales de mayor transcendencia en la historia del arte de la guerra. Vivió en pleno Renacimiento y supo captar como nadie los cambios que la pólvora imponía en las tácticas y estrategias militares. Los tercios españoles bajo su mando, armados con espingardas y arcabuces, rompieron inmisericordes las cargas de caballería pesada que, hasta ese momento habían reinado en los campos de batalla europeos. Al frente de un reducido ejército batió a los franceses en Italia y conquistó para su señor el reino de Nápoles y para él la honra inmortal y el título de Gran Capitán. Gonzalo era amante del lujo y de la ostentación en el vestir, pero también sabía soportar las asperezas y miserias del campo de batalla. Compartía con sus hombres el hambre, el frío y la enfermedad, sin escudarse jamás en su posición de general para evitar las incomodidades y los sufrimientos. Supo ganarse el respeto y la fidelidad de sus soldados, capaces de renunciar a su paga solo por el honor de poder servir bajo sus órdenes. Muchos jerarcas europeos le cortejaron con sustanciosas ofertas para que mandase sus ejércitos, pero Gonzalo era hombre de una sola palabra. Triunfó en la vida y, al igual que muchos antes y después de él, tuvo que pagar el precio del poder.

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Language
Spanish
Pages
64

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2020, Cascaborra, Cascaborra Ediciones
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Published in
Barcelona, Spain
Series
Historia de España en viñetas, 24

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
64
Dimensions
27 x 20 x centimeters
Weight
250 grams

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28339949M
ISBN 13
9788409210442

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Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba is one of the most important generals in the history of the art of war. He lived in the middle of the Renaissance and was able to capture like no other the changes that gunpowder imposed on military tactics and strategies. The Spanish thirds under his command, armed with espingardas and arquebuses, mercilessly broke the heavy cavalry charges that, until that moment, had reigned on the European battlefields. At the head of a small army he beat the French in Italy and conquered for his lord the kingdom of Naples and for him the immortal honour and the title of Great Captain. Gonzalo was a lover of luxury and ostentation in dress, but he also knew how to endure the roughness and misery of the battlefield. He shared with his men hunger, cold and sickness, never hiding behind his position as general to avoid discomfort and suffering. He knew how to win the respect and loyalty of his soldiers, who were capable of giving up their pay just for the honor of being able to serve under him. Many European leaders courted him with substantial offers to command their armies, but Gonzalo was a man of one word. He triumphed in life and, like many before and after him, had to pay the price of power.

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