Medievalists.net » Isabella I of Castile http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Isabella Breviary http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/16/isabella-breviary/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/16/isabella-breviary/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:05:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56207 Within its pages lie some of the finest illuminations ever painted during the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/16/isabella-breviary/feed/ 0 BOOKS: Great Reads about Medieval Queens! http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/19/books-great-reads-about-medieval-queens/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/19/books-great-reads-about-medieval-queens/#comments Sun, 19 Jan 2014 16:31:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46800 Queens Consort: England’s Medieval Queens from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Elizabeth of York Author: Lisa Hilton Publisher: Pegasus (August 3, 2010) Summary England’s medieval queens were elemental in shaping the history of the nation. In an age where all politics were family politics, dynastic marriages placed English queens at the very center of power—the king’s bed. […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/28/new-tv-series-isabel/feed/ 0 Creating and Recreating Jean d’Arras’ Mélusine from the Hundred Years’ War to Isabelline Spain http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/03/creating-and-recreating-jean-darras-melusine-from-the-hundred-years-war-to-isabelline-spain/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/03/creating-and-recreating-jean-darras-melusine-from-the-hundred-years-war-to-isabelline-spain/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 06:10:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38503 Melusine enjoyed great success in France, even inspiring imitations commissioned by lesser nobility, and spread throughout Europe, eventually reaching Spain fifteen years into the reign of Isabella I of Castile.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/03/creating-and-recreating-jean-darras-melusine-from-the-hundred-years-war-to-isabelline-spain/feed/ 0 Juana “The Mad”: Queen of a World Empire http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/09/juana-the-mad-queen-of-a-world-empire/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/09/juana-the-mad-queen-of-a-world-empire/#comments Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:53:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37842 It was not until the mid-nineteenth century that scholars discovered new material about Juana in the Spanish and Austrian archives that gave another side to the person of the woman who had been con- sidered “la loca.”

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/09/juana-the-mad-queen-of-a-world-empire/feed/ 0 The Curious Career and Uncertain Past of Perkin Warbeck http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/02/the-curious-career-and-uncertain-past-of-perkin-warbeck/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/02/the-curious-career-and-uncertain-past-of-perkin-warbeck/#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2012 08:34:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37674 Was Warbeck just another in a long line of pretenders to the throne of England, or did his appearance in Ireland in 1491 prove the innocence
of Richard III, whom most historians accuse of murdering his nephews, the Princes in the Tower?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/02/the-curious-career-and-uncertain-past-of-perkin-warbeck/feed/ 0 The Secret Society: Descendants of Crypto-Jews in the San Antonio Area http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/03/the-secret-society-descendants-of-crypto-jews-in-the-san-antonio-area/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/03/the-secret-society-descendants-of-crypto-jews-in-the-san-antonio-area/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2012 05:41:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35360 The history of the converso Jews began in medieval Catholic Spain, which was constantly wracked with anti-Semitism that, many times, led to mass conversions or massacres of the Jewish population.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/03/the-secret-society-descendants-of-crypto-jews-in-the-san-antonio-area/feed/ 0 Historia Baetica: Dramatic Play or Historical Document? http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/26/historia-baetica-dramatic-play-or-historical-document/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/26/historia-baetica-dramatic-play-or-historical-document/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:57:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34201 When the news of the capitulation of Granada reached Rome on the second of February 1492, it was marked by religious as well as public celebrations.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/26/historia-baetica-dramatic-play-or-historical-document/feed/ 0 The Difference A King Makes: Religion And National Unity In Spain http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/the-difference-a-king-makes-religion-and-national-unity-in-spain/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/the-difference-a-king-makes-religion-and-national-unity-in-spain/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2012 23:02:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32383 It is the end of the Roman period, however, that interests us most. What happened then is a model for the relationship between Church and state that has had an enduring and powerful influence.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/the-difference-a-king-makes-religion-and-national-unity-in-spain/feed/ 0 MUSLIM AND JEWISH “OTHERNESS” IN THE SPANISH NATION-BUILDING PROCESS http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/04/muslim-and-jewish-%e2%80%9cotherness%e2%80%9d-in-the-spanish-nation-building-process/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/04/muslim-and-jewish-%e2%80%9cotherness%e2%80%9d-in-the-spanish-nation-building-process/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:10:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23871 MUSLIM AND JEWISH “OTHERNESS” IN THE SPANISH NATION-BUILDING PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE RECONQUISTA  (1212-1614) TÜRKÇELİK, EVRİM M.A. Thesis (Science), Middle East Technical University, August (2003) Abstract In 1492, the Catholic Monarchs Isabel and Ferdinand conquered Granada, the last Muslim Kingdom in Spain, issued the edict of expulsion of Jews and charged Christopher Columbus to find out […]

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