Review a list of Spanish kings. Study the rise of the Spanish empire, read about the King of Spain in 1492, and explore the reign of other powerful...
Spanish king and queen.ON 12th October ,he and his men (4)l__ on some islands of today's Bahamas.He had planned to go to the (5)E___ for spices,gold and silk,but he ended up what is now called America.It was a completely strange (6)w___ for European people in 1492.The Eu...
(the Catholic king and queen) Ferdinand and Isabel expelled the Arab empire from the Spanish kingdom in 1492, Castilian Spanish has retained approximately 8,000 words with Arabic origin to this day. After Latin, Arabic has made the greatest contribution to the Spanish language. Traveling through...
Spanish Inquisition- an inquisition initiated in 1478 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain (especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries); "the Spanish Inquisition was administered by both civil and church authorities which gave it ultimate power"...
The Spanish crown conceded vast powers over the Indies to Columbus and his heirs in 1492. When it became known that the New World was valuable, however, the crown had second thoughts and systematically modified its earlier concessions. The ensuing dispute with the Columbus famil...
Until she learned Spanish, translations were awkwardly conducted through a Spaniard who had been a slave among the Maya and knew their language. La Malinche had five children with Cortés, one of whom, Martin Cortes "el Mestizo," joined the Court of King Philip II, was made a marquis, ...
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella quickly realized the power of the Inquisition. They used it as a weapon against their enemies, to solidify their power in the region, and to grow their wealth. In 1483, Tomas de Torquemada was appointed Grand Inquisitor and tasked with rooting out heretics in...
Though it took Columbus a little more than a few years to convince a nation to fund his voyage, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand from Spain subsequently granted to endow him in 1492. He would then leave for “Asia” on August 3, 1492. There are many unanswered questions and thoughts on...
over its rival, Portugal. The marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile in 1469 unified Catholic Spain and began the process of building a nation that could compete for worldwide power. Since the 700s, much of Spain had been under Islamic rule, and King Ferdinand II and ...
All stand during the playing of the national anthem. In the middle, left to right are King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia, and their elder daughter Infanta Leonor, The Princess of Asturias, the heir presumptive to the throne of Spain; Credit – Spanish Royal House ...