Isabel the Queen Life and Times

Name: Isabel the Queen Life and Times
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ISBN: 9780812218978

ISBN-10: 0812218973

ISBN-13: 9780812218978

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Peggy K. Liss, Ruth Mazo Karras

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"An engrossing study."--Sunday Telegraph Queen Isabel of Castile is perhaps best known for her patronage of Christopher Columbus and for the religious zeal that led to the Spanish Inquisition, the waging of holy war, and the expulsion of Jews and Muslims across the Iberian peninsula. In this sweeping biography, newly revised and annotated to coincide with the five-hundredth anniversary of Isabel's death, Peggy K. Liss draws upon a rich array of sources to untangle the facts, legends, and fiercely held opinions about this influential queen and her decisive role in the tumultuous politics of early modern Spain.Isabel the Queen reveals a monarch who was a woman of ruthless determination and…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 1/17/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface to the Revised Edition


The Royal Relationships of Isabel of Castile


Maps Prologue: An Embassy to Egypt: 1502



Princess



Walls and Gates: Castile, 1451



The Wrong King: 1461-1467



The Right Marriage: 1467-1469



To the Crown: 1469-1474



A Royal Heritage: Perception and Reality



La Reina



Contests: 1475



Resolutions: 1475-1477



To the Sea: 1477-1478



Signs and Revelations: 1478



Inquisition: 1478-1485



Readying: 1478-1481



The Queen's War I: 1482-1485



The Queen's War II: 1486-1492



Toward Empire



The View from Granada: The Grand Design,1492



The Expulsion of the Jews: 1492



Christopher Columbus and the Queen: To 1492



Isabel and the Indies: 1492-1504



The Catholic Kings: 1492-1499



The Queen and Her Daughter: 1499-1504


Epilogue: "A Queen Has Disappeared ..."


Notes


Index