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1 day ago · For 300 years afterward, Spanish explorers and conquerors traveled the world, claiming huge territories for the Spanish crown, a succession of Castilian, Aragonese, Habsburg, and Bourbon rulers. For generations Spain was arguably the richest country in the world, and certainly the most far-flung.
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1 day ago · Decolonization. History portal. v. t. e. The Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1493 on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) after the initial 1492 voyage of Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus under license from Queen Isabella I of Castile.
3 days ago · Nineteenth Century Spain: A New History. London, Routledge, 2019, ISBN: 9780815351061; 212pp.; Price: £96.00. At a time when the study of 19th-century history in general is becoming an increasingly marginal pursuit, writing a synthetic volume about Spain—which has never enjoyed much scholarly attention—may seem optimistic.
4 days ago · Date accessed: 17 May, 2024. Perhaps the central theme in the history of Spain has been whether it can be considered a European country, or whether its unique historical trajectory qualifies it for a status as a marginal case, a fringe member of the continental club.
3 days ago · Definition. The Crusader States (aka the Latin East or Outremer) were created after the First Crusade (1095-1102 CE) in order to keep hold of the territorial gains made by Christian armies in the Middle East. The four small states were the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the County of Edessa, the County of Tripoli, and the Principality of Antioch.
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4 days ago · Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas), Volume 1, 1558-1567. Covers the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I, up to the end of 1567. Calendar of State Papers, Simancas. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1892. This free content was digitised by double rekeying.
3 days ago · Calendar of State Papers, Spain: Further Supplement To Volumes 1 and 2, Documents From Archives in Vienna. Contains documents calendared from the papers of Charles V in Vienna, mostly concentrating on the years 1521 to 1524. Calendar of State Papers, Spain. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1947.
