Charged with militarizing New Mexico so that it could contribute to the maintenance of the empire, Anza curtailed the social, political, and economic power the Franciscans had long enjoyed and increased Spain's authority in the region. By combining administrative history with narrative biography, ...
A biography of Spain's Queen Sofia portrays King Juan Carlos as a womaniser who tried to seduce Princess Diana. The book, The Solitude of the Queen, paints a sad picture of the king and queen of Spain's private relationship. View Full Image Reuters Princess Diana with Prince Charles and K...
Mr. Nader’s populism has come out over the years not only when challenging the power of big corporations to run roughshod over the rights of individual citizens and average Americans, but also as he has pushed for term limits for politicians, worked against congressional pay raises, and condem...
London: Princess Diana was apparently one of the many young ladies The King of Spain, Juan Carlos, had an affair with, a new biography has claimed. The book by Barcelona-based author Pilar Eyre has also alleged that Carlos is a ‘professional seducer’ who made a ‘tactile’ advance on P...
My intention is that my dissertation go beyond mere biography; I envision it as a "life and times" approach to Anza and the history of New Mexico during his decade-long governorship.The University of New Mexico.Herrera, Carlos Raul.
(1936–39) put the country at the centre of the world’s stage, only to become ever more insular and withdrawn during the four decades of rule by dictatorFrancisco Franco. Following Franco’s death in 1975, a Bourbon king,Juan Carlos, returned to the throne and established aconstitutional ...