This book is about a couple, not a single, dominant ruler. Thus it raises issues of gender, and the dynamics of a marriage over thirty-five years, as well as the practice of monarchical power. The reader sees Ferdinand and Isabella struggle to establish their regime, and then work out an elaborate reform programme in Church and State. It sees them fight a total war, by fifteenth-century standards, against Muslim Granada, leading to that kingdom s conquest, and an equally total war, through the Inquisition and the Church in general, to convert Spanish Jews and Muslims to Christianity, and...
This book is about a couple, not a single, dominant ruler. Thus it raises issues of gender, and the dynamics of a marriage over thirty-five years, ...
How many times have you planned to take a trip but have been discouraged by some "well-wishers" who warned you about the "risk" you want to take? Perhaps you have heard about issues like hostile locals, bad foods, and a bunch of other negative stuff. And you already dread travelling. You know what? They are pure lies They are nothing but harmful propagandas. What are some common traveling lies you have been told in the past? This book discusses some traveling lies disguising as truths that have been spread over the years and show them for what they truly are: lies. In this book, I also talk...
How many times have you planned to take a trip but have been discouraged by some "well-wishers" who warned you about the "risk" you want to take? Perh...