Download or read book Castile for Isabella written by Jean Plaidy and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 15th-century Spain threatened by civil war, Isabella became the pawn of her ambitious, half-crazed mother and a virtual prisoner at the licentious court of her half-brother, Henry IV. Yet, numbed with fear, she remained steadfast in her determination to marry Ferdinand, the Prince of Aragon, her only true betrothed.
Download or read book The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic (Vol. 1-3) written by William Hickling Prescott and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 1178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic" in 3 volumes is one of the best-known works by the American historian William Hickling Prescott. Isabella I (1451-1504) was Queen of Castile from 1474 and Queen consort of Aragon from 1479, reigning over a dynastically unified Spain jointly with her husband Ferdinand II (1452-1516). After a struggle to claim her right to the throne, she reorganized the governmental system, brought the crime rate to the lowest it had been in years, and unburdened the kingdom of the enormous debt her brother had left behind. Isabella's marriage to Ferdinand in 1469 created the basis of the de facto unification of Spain. Isabella and Ferdinand are known for completing the Reconquista, ordering conversion or exile to their Jewish and Muslim subjects, and for supporting and financing Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage that led to the opening of the New World and to the establishment of Spain as a major power in Europe and much of the world for more than a century.
Download or read book History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, of Spain written by William Hickling Prescott and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ferdinand and Isabella written by J. Edwards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about a couple, not a single, dominant ruler. Thus it raises issues of gender, and the dynamics of a marriage over thirty-five years, as well as the practice of monarchical power. The reader sees Ferdinand and Isabella struggle to establish their regime, and then work out an elaborate reform programme in Church and State. It sees them fight a ‘total war’, by fifteenth-century standards, against Muslim Granada, leading to that kingdom’s conquest, and an equally ‘total’ war, through the Inquisition and the Church in general, to convert Spanish Jews and Muslims to Christianity, and to reform and purify the religious and social lives of the established Christians themselves. For readers interested in Early European History.
Download or read book Ferdinand and Isabella written by Adrian Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study guide for history students or those interested in the reign of King Ferdinand II of Aragon, and his wife Isabella I of Castile. The guide includes a bibliography, discussion points and exercises, essay questions and advice on writing and planning an essay. The following eleven topics are covered: 1. Introduction; 2. Spain in 1469; 3. The Civil War in Castile; 4. The Pacification of Castile; 5. The Conquest of Granada; 6. The Economy of Spain under Ferdinand and Isabella; 7. Cisneros and Church Reform; 8. The Inquisition and the Expulsion of Jews; 9. The Foreign Policy of Ferdinand and Isabella; 10. The Succession Crisis; 11. The Unification of Spain.
Download or read book History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic written by William Hickling Prescott and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Early Modern Spain written by Jon Cowans and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2003-05-12 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is difficult to think of a better way of introducing students to the rich diversity of Hispanic civilization in the Golden Age and Enlightenment than through the pages of this book."—History
Download or read book The Queen's Vow written by C. W. Gortner and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one believed I was destined for greatness. So begins Isabella's story, in this evocative, vividly imagined novel about one of history's most famous and controversial queens—the warrior who united a fractured country, the champion of the faith whose reign gave rise to the Inquisition, and the visionary who sent Columbus to discover a New World. Acclaimed author C. W. Gortner envisages the turbulent early years of a woman whose mythic rise to power would go on to transform a monarchy, a nation, and the world. Young Isabella is barely a teenager when she and her brother are taken from their mother's home to live under the watchful eye of their half-brother, King Enrique, and his sultry, conniving queen. There, Isabella is thrust into danger when she becomes an unwitting pawn in a plot to dethrone Enrique. Suspected of treason and held captive, she treads a perilous path, torn between loyalties, until at age seventeen she suddenly finds herself heiress of Castile, the largest kingdom in Spain. Plunged into a deadly conflict to secure her crown, she is determined to wed the one man she loves yet who is forbidden to her—Fernando, prince of Aragon. As they unite their two realms under “one crown, one country, one faith,” Isabella and Fernando face an impoverished Spain beset by enemies. With the future of her throne at stake, Isabella resists the zealous demands of the inquisitor Torquemada even as she is seduced by the dreams of an enigmatic navigator named Columbus. But when the Moors of the southern domain of Granada declare war, a violent, treacherous battle against an ancient adversary erupts, one that will test all of Isabella's resolve, her courage, and her tenacious belief in her destiny. From the glorious palaces of Segovia to the battlefields of Granada and the intrigue-laden gardens of Seville,The Queen's Vow sweeps us into the tumultuous forging of a nation and the complex, fascinating heart of the woman who overcame all odds to become Isabella of Castile. Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more. Praise for The Queen's Vow “A masterwork by a skilled craftsman . . . Make a vow to read this book.”—New York Journal of Books “A beautifully crafted piece of historical fiction . . . Gortner's vivid details blend with his deeply intensive research to re-create Isabella and Castile in a way that the reader will find compelling and immersive, bringing not just the Queen but the whole nation to life.”—RT Book Reviews “A fascinating story . . . Through his creative and spellbinding storytelling, Gortner's readers come to know Isabella intimately in mind, heart and body as she lives through a tumultuous time, her intense longing to be the determiner of her own unique destiny.”—Wichita Falls Times Record News “A novel of triumph as Isabella vanquishes her enemies one by one . . . [She is] a very human and appealing character.”—The Roanoke Times “Politically charged, passionate . . . [a] well-researched, intriguing historical.”—Bookreporter
Download or read book Catalogue of the Spanish Library and of the Portuguese Books Bequeathed by George Ticknor to the Boston Public Library written by Boston Public Library. Ticknor Collection and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Daughters of Spain written by Jean Plaidy and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Spain united, Isabella found herself torn between Ferdinand's brilliant plans and her love for her children. Tragedy followed tragedy - Juana, driven to madness by her husband's philandering; and the sorrow of parting with young Catalina, destined to become Katharine of Aragon, wife to Henry VIII and Queen of England.
Download or read book The Color Line: A History written by Ethan Malveaux and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My book, The Color Line: A History, is about how the ethnic biases of the European of Ancient Rome morphed into the racial prejudice of modern times through a process that was centuries in the making. From the collapse of Ancient Rome to the rise of Christendom, then to the discovery of the American continents through to the landmark Supreme Court decision of Plessy v. Ferguson, I will take the reader on a journey that will shatter preconceived notions of European and African relations. The narrative strain of my comprehensive composition seeks to historically follow the advent of the color classifications of white and black by using primary and secondary sources to explain this social and psychological concept which still influences our world.
Download or read book Spain: the Root and the Flower written by John Armstrong Crow and published by New York : Harper & Row. This book was released on 1963 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of the Spanish Library and of the Portuguese Books Bequeathed by George Ticknor to the Boston Public Library, Together with the Collection of Spanish and Portuguese Literature in the General Library written by James Lyman Whitney and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Christians, Their First Two Thousand Years written by Ted Byfield and published by CHRISTIAN HISTORY PROJECT. This book was released on 2010 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christians is the history of Christianity, told chronologically, epoch by epoch, century by century, beginning at Pentecost and concluding with Christians as we find ourselves in the twenty-first century. It will consist of approximately twelve volumes, produced over a 10-year period at the beginning of the third Christian millennium. It is written and edited by Christians for Christians of all denominations. Its purpose is to tell the story of the Christian family, so that we may be knowledgeable of our origins, may well know and wisely profit from the experiences of our past both good and bad, and may find strength and inspiration to face the challenges of our era from the magnificent examples set for us by those who went before. - Back cover.
Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore ... written by George Peabody Library and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
