In this moment of deepening catastrophe, Hispanic America needs its first “Peruvian” pope to act not just as a global ...

The search for the waters of eternal life has fascinated figures from Gilgamesh to the conquistadors to Hollywood studio ...

Have you ever wondered why the Spanish language is usually called Castilian or 'castellano' in Spain and not Spanish? The ...

The era of the Grand Inquisition is especially recalled with shudders and shivers. King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile are noted for establishing the Tribunal of the Holy ...

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Ferdinand II of Aragon and others, along with details on the Age of Discovery and Colonization of the New World 'Our old relationship is over': Canada's Mark Carney says he’s resetting relations ...

It was launched by Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1478. Unlike earlier inquisitions, the Catholic clergy who conducted it reported to the royal rulers, not to the pope.

In 1485 Rodrigo bought the duchy of Gandía in eastern Spain from King Ferdinand II of Aragon, and promised marriage between his firstborn son, Pier Luigi, and the king’s first cousin ...

The chapel houses the tombs of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile and their daughter Joanna of Castile and her husband Philips the Handsome. Recent visitors say the ...

Click to expand... History does not repeat, but it does rhyme. In 1492 Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabelle I of Castillep enacted the Alhambra Edict, expelling the Spanish Jews. Sultan Beyezid II ...