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Author : Alma Stephanie WITTLIN
Publisher :
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 16,68 MB
Release : 1936
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Author : Alma Stephanie Wittlin
Publisher :
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 39,86 MB
Release : 1936
Category : Spain
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Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher :
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 43,4 MB
Release : 1965
Category : English imprints
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Author : Kirstin Downey
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 48,65 MB
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0307742164
An engrossing and revolutionary biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus's journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition, and became one of the most influential female rulers in history. In 1474, when most women were almost powerless, twenty-three-year-old Isabella defied a hostile brother and a mercurial husband to seize control of Castile and León. Her subsequent feats were legendary. She ended a twenty-four-generation struggle between Muslims and Christians, forcing North African invaders back over the Mediterranean Sea. She laid the foundation for a unified Spain. She sponsored Columbus’s trip to the Indies and negotiated Spanish control over much of the New World. She also annihilated all who stood against her by establishing a bloody religious Inquisition that would darken Spain’s reputation for centuries. Whether saintly or satanic, no female leader has done more to shape our modern world. Yet history has all but forgotten Isabella’s influence. Using new scholarship, Downey’s luminous biography tells the story of this brilliant, fervent, forgotten woman, the faith that propelled her through life, and the land of ancient conflicts and intrigue she brought under her command.
Author : A. Wittlin
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Page : pages
File Size : 26,51 MB
Release : 1938
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Author : British Library
Publisher :
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 15,50 MB
Release : 1979
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Author : Jean Baptiste Rosario Gonzalve de baron Nervo
Publisher :
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 15,18 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Spain
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Author : Nancy Rubin
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 10,60 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Queens
ISBN : 0595320767
Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 50,35 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Catalogs, Union
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Author : William Thomas Walsh
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,76 MB
Release : 2023-06
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ISBN : 9781915645531
A detailed and all-inclusive biography of Spain's most famous queen. Based upon original sources-including her own voluminous writings-this work provides a full background of her parents, birth, youth, and marriage to Prince Ferdinand. Then the story moves on to the three great events which Isabella oversaw-and which shaped her destiny and that of western Europe: the Reconquista of Spain from the Moors, the dramatic expulsion of the Jews, and the launching of the voyages of Christopher Columbus and the opening of the New World. Finally, the details of her decline and death are provided, giving a very human ending to an almost unbelievable story. This new edition has been completely reset, and contains a number of new illustrations and appendices.