Todays post takes us back to the convulsive early years of the Christian peninsular kingdoms, in which they were so busy trying to define their borders and their own identity against to the rest of the monarchies descended from the Visigoths as well as to gain ground from the Muslim occupants of the
Married to one of the most controversial sovereigns in the history of England, Isabelle dAngoulême is one of those leading women of the Middle Ages , whose life worthy of a novel deserves to be told! The “kidnapping” of Isabelle by Jean Sans Terre The one who will go down in history as Jean Sans T
Following the advice of his father, Carlos IV kept Floridablanca as chief minister. The Cortes, which were convened in September 1789 to recognize the heir to the throne, the future Ferdinand VII, heard a statement from Campomanes on agrarian reform, after which they were interrupted on the pretext
After the death of Juan II, the new King of Castile was Enrique IV (1454-1474), known as the Impotent. Enrique IV, defined by Gregorio Marañón as dysplastic eunuchoid , is one of the most controversial monarchs in the entire history of Castile. Undoubtedly, weakness of character, withdrawal and apat