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The Other 1492: Ferdinand, Isabella, and the Making of an Empire

Teofilo F. Ruiz
3.78/5 (163 ratings)
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Ask anyone about the significance of the year 1492, and you're almost certain to hear something about Christopher Columbus and the discovery of the New World. But there is also a perspective on 1492 far different than the one most of us know - one that is more complete and complex. A 1492 when there was no country called Spain and no language called Spanish. A 1492 whose biggest event - in the region that would eventually become Spain - was the surrender of the last Muslim stronghold, Granada, with the subsequent Edict of Expulsion that gave Jews three months to either convert to Christianity or leave the Kingdom of Castile and the Crown of Aragon. This 12-lecture series uses the year 1492 to examine the events that made Spain a country and an empire. It examines the centuries of developments that led up to that pivotal year in Spanish history and the consequences that followed for both Spain and the New World, presenting Spanish history from the perspective of both the victors and the the Muslims, Jews, and New World natives for whom 1492 was not a time of wonder but of terror and despair.
Format:
Audio CD
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
The Teaching Company
Edition:
The Great Courses
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1565857259
ISBN13:
9781565857254
kindle Asin:
1565857259

The Other 1492: Ferdinand, Isabella, and the Making of an Empire

Teofilo F. Ruiz
3.78/5 (163 ratings)
Read Download
Ask anyone about the significance of the year 1492, and you're almost certain to hear something about Christopher Columbus and the discovery of the New World. But there is also a perspective on 1492 far different than the one most of us know - one that is more complete and complex. A 1492 when there was no country called Spain and no language called Spanish. A 1492 whose biggest event - in the region that would eventually become Spain - was the surrender of the last Muslim stronghold, Granada, with the subsequent Edict of Expulsion that gave Jews three months to either convert to Christianity or leave the Kingdom of Castile and the Crown of Aragon. This 12-lecture series uses the year 1492 to examine the events that made Spain a country and an empire. It examines the centuries of developments that led up to that pivotal year in Spanish history and the consequences that followed for both Spain and the New World, presenting Spanish history from the perspective of both the victors and the the Muslims, Jews, and New World natives for whom 1492 was not a time of wonder but of terror and despair.
Format:
Audio CD
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
The Teaching Company
Edition:
The Great Courses
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1565857259
ISBN13:
9781565857254
kindle Asin:
1565857259

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