The galleons were well-armed with cannons and packed with troops. Introduction From the 16th to 18th centuries,...
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If your livelihood is teleworking, you could have problems getting your permit. Consulates have become strict about...
At least one in seven volunteers were Jews, making up a force of 5,000 men and women....
For 300 years, Mexico was a Spanish colony and the center of a huge administrative area called...
Park Güell stands as a unique testament to the relationship between Antoni Gaudí’s singular architectural style and...
The south of Spain was fertile and ideal for export wine, olive oil and garum (fermented fish...
The map is organized on a grid—as was the actual city it represents. Introduction In 1581, an...
Like Gothic structures throughout the rest of Europe, Iberian cathedrals were stunning in the richness of their...
The European invasion and colonization of the Americas was launched in 1492 from Hispaniola. Introduction In the...
The fin-de-siècle generation condemned the rationalistic individualism of liberal society and the dissolution of social links in...
Religious orthodoxy was critical during this period of the Counter Reformation and was enforced by the Inquisition...
When Mary, Queen of Scots was executed in 1578, Philip had one more reason to attack England....
The Spanish saw nothing of value in the indigenous culture and set out to systematically destroy everything...
Examining the experiences of exiles, returnees, and migrants and challenges faced by them. Abstract This article contributes...
In the 18th Century, most travelers and explorers had painters and illustrators at their sides who recorded...
The Spanish gained an early foothold in the colonies, quickly becoming the most powerful European power in...
The history of the Spanish and Aztecs is still strikingly visible in the center of Mexico City....
As vast as the Spanish empire was during Cervantes time, the empire found itself engaged in numerous...
During the Renaissance, the Spanish empire also extended throughout Western Europe. Introduction We often think of globalization...
Colonial opulence had to be displayed behind closed doors. At first glance, the portrait appears to be...
A new national imaginary emerged that legitimized the task of redefinition. With variations, a concern with origins...
The Spanish Crown sent forces to colonize the land, convert the indigenous populations, and extract resources from...
Poet-politician Joel Barlow personified an ideology borne of religious antipathy and economic rivalry. No sooner had the...
To understand the struggle for Mexican independence, it’s necessary to explore both the wider, international context and...
Portraits, landscape paintings, drawings, and historical maps flesh out the cultural history. By Jennifer Smart A rare,...
Without doubt, this process fostered the vascularization of science in receiving countries. By Dr. Francisco Javier Dosil...
While the Marquis de Lafayette gets a share of the glory, names like Gardoqui and Gálvez are...
The Spanish Civil War was seen as very much of a piece with the war against Hitler...
Spanish Presidios and Mexican Leather-Jackets in 1772. Spaniards responded to the unfolding story of the American Revolution...
Hernán Cortés owed his conquest of the Aztecs to his expedition’s unknown, unseen secret weapon: the smallpox...