King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain are probably better known for what they did not do than for what they did. The myth persists that Isabella pawned her jewels to finance the expedition of ...

When the wedding took place in October 1469 ... and Jews who would not convert to Catholicism. In 1492 Isabella and Ferdinand ordered Spain’s Jewish community to convert or be expelled.

We knew also that, on March 31, 1492, in the Alhambra’s resplendent Hall of the Ambassadors, Ferdinand and Isabella signed an edict, the Alhambra Decree, expelling the Jews from Spain.

Queen Isabella of Spain is well-known for her encouragement ... Isabella's world dramatically alters after she meets Prince Ferdinand of Aragon; they connect immediately with an unexpected ...

In the most reliable documents, signed by King Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, he is referred to as 'Don Christobão Colón' and he himself used that name in all of his corroborated correspondence.

Reporting from London — In 1492, as every American schoolchild knows, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain sent Christopher Columbus on a fateful voyage to India that ended up changing the ...