Queen Isabella of Spain is well-known for her encouragement ... with author Gortner spending several years in Spain to gather his facts and information to form as complete a look at this ...

Bold, strategic, and steady, Isabella of Castile navigated an unlikely rise to the throne and ushered in a golden age for Spain. Looking Like a Queen“La Virgen de la Mosca,” painted in the ...

The opinions, facts and any media content ... in her splendid and nuanced biography, Isabella — The Warrior Queen (Doubleday), she was arguably one of Spain’s greatest monarchs, her oozing ...

Spain has a diverse culture and history. It is home to the stunning beauty of the Alhambra, the passion of flamenco dance and the unique traditions of Sephardic Jewish communities. It has left its ...

The Queen of Spain, we are told, refuses to abdicate ill favor of the Prince of ASTURLAS, and has been induced to take this course by the advice of friends. We should have thought that ...

On Nov. 26, 1504, Queen Isabella of Spain — known as “the Catholic” monarch — died, and more than 500 years later, 133 Masses were celebrated in her memory in thanksgiving for her life and ...