The Crusades of the Middle Ages are generally not a glorious story. First, there is the obvious fact that these alleged religious wars were mostly nothing more than bloodthirsty raids without much religious content and their consequences still overshadow Christian-Muslim relations today. Apart from
I.- Brief description of the time and place where Urraca was born and lived In the first place, it must be clarified that at that time there was not a very strict registry of births, not even of people of royal blood. Urraca was probably born around the year 1080 in León, although it is possible t
The economic crisis of 1866 played a relevant role in the change in the historical cycle that represented the final crisis of the reign of Elizabeth II and the triggering of the 1868 revolution. It was influenced by both international factors - rise in cotton prices, increase in interest of the loan
The failure of attempts to conquer England (such as that of the Spanish Armada or the Battle of Britain in World War II) has contributed to the myth that British insularity constitutes an insurmountable defense for enemy armies since the Norman invasion of William the Conqueror in 1066, the last tim