Felipe II y la Reforma del Calendario Juliano
ISSN: 1134-301X
Year of publication: 1999
Issue Title: De la Grandeza a la Decadencia (1598-1898)
Issue: 3
Pages: 37-56
Type: Article
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Abstract
The article, tries to shed more light on a reform that occurred more than five hundred years ago and that still affects us today: This is the reform to the Julian calendar which was proposed by the Nicean Ecclesiastic Council convoked by Pope Gregorio XIII in 1582. The article explains the antecedents as well as the consequences of this reform. It also takes into account the fact that during the reign of Philip II of Spain, Europe was a continent convulsed and divided by religious conflicts. It permits us to see how, in this case, political-religious motives were imposed over reality. What's more, it presents the past and the future of a system that rules our daily life and its eventualities