Los Asesinos: La orden nizarí entre la historia, la leyenda y el poder
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Durante siglos, el nombre de los Asesinos ha estado rodeado de miedo, fascinaci�n y leyenda. Se les ha presentado como una secta fan�tica, una orden secreta de homicidas, una comunidad drogada por el hach�s o un instrumento oculto de poder en las monta�as de Persia y Siria. Pero qu� hay realmente detr�s de esa imagen?
Los Asesinos: la orden nizar� entre la historia, la leyenda y el poder propone un recorrido claro, riguroso y accesible por la historia de los nizar�es ismail�es, una minor�a chi� que, en plena Edad Media isl�mica, desarroll� formas extremas de supervivencia pol�tica y religiosa frente a enemigos mucho m�s poderosos.
Este libro no busca alimentar teor�as conspirativas ni repetir sin cr�tica los relatos m�s espectaculares. Su prop�sito es separar con cuidado los hechos documentados, la propaganda enemiga, la leyenda cruzada y la recepci�n moderna de una de las comunidades m�s enigm�ticas de la historia medieval.
A lo largo de sus p�ginas, el lector encontrar�
La divisi�n entre sunismo, chiismo e ismailismo.
El cisma nizar� y el surgimiento de una comunidad perseguida.
La figura de Hasan-i Sabbah y la toma de Alamut.
El papel de las fortalezas como refugio, s�mbolo y centro de poder.
La funci�n de los fedayines y el asesinato pol�tico en su contexto medieval.
La relaci�n de los nizar�es con sely�cidas, abas�es, cruzados y poderes regionales.
La leyenda del Viejo de la Monta�a.
El mito del hach�s y los jardines paradis�acos.
La ca�da ante los mongoles y la supervivencia posterior de la comunidad ismail�.
La transformaci�n de los "Asesinos" en mito literario, orientalista y cultural.
Lejos de reducirlos a una caricatura violenta, esta obra muestra a los nizar�es como una comunidad pol�tico-religiosa de supervivencia, capaz de construir redes de influencia, disciplina interna y poder defensivo en un mundo marcado por la guerra, la persecuci�n y la fragmentaci�n imperial.
Con un tono sobrio, divulgativo y cr�tico, Alejandro R. Valc�rcel invita al lector a mirar m�s all� de la palabra "asesino" y a descubrir c�mo una minor�a hist�rica termin� convertida en una de las leyendas m�s persistentes del poder secreto.
Un volumen de la colecci�n Biblioteca Historia del Poder, dedicada a explorar �rdenes ocultas, redes de �lite, s�mbolos, mitos pol�ticos y formas de poder que han marcado la imaginaci�n occidental.
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