by Manuel Fernández Álvarez · Austral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467034578
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«Juana la Loca» is the historical biography by Manuel Fernández Álvarez, published by Austral in paperback (336 pages, in Spanish).
The work reconstructs the life of Juana of Castile, marked by her marriage to Philip the Handsome, his death and the depression that accompanied her. A victim of dynastic ambitions, the queen was confined in Tordesillas by her father, Ferdinand the Catholic, and remained there under the custody of her son Charles V. The author also analyses the social and political context of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Spain to explain her fate.
It belongs to the Contemporánea collection, within the Humanidades series from Austral. The work was originally published in 2000; this paperback edition dates from 2010.
A work suitable for those seeking historical biographies about the Spanish monarchy and the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
