The conquest of Hispania by the Muslims developed very easily, giving rise to the Emirate of Cordoba . Leaning on the Roman roads, Tariq and Muza, leaders of the invading Islamists, carried out, between the years 711 and 714, victorious incursions to the northern plateau and the Ebro valley, leaving
The panorama offered by al-Andalus in the last years of the 9th century and the first years of the 10th, in which the emirs al-Mundir (886-888) and Abd Allah (888-912) succeeded each other, was not at all positive. Apart from the revolt of Umar ibn Hafsun, which had reached gigantic proportions, and
In the year 1110 the Almoravids conquered the Taifa of Zaragoza . However, in that territory they ran into a very dangerous rival, the king of Aragon Alfonso I (1104-1134), known as the Battler. Alfonso I, apparently had in his mind the idea of carrying out a crusade, which would begin in Hispania
On the death of Sancho III el Mayor de Pamplona , in the year 1035, his second son, Ferdinand , went on to govern the county of Castile, although adopting the royal title. Two years later, in 1037, the new Castilian monarch faced the king of León Bermudo III on the battlefield , of which he was hi
Since the fourteenth century, the reconquest had marked a pause; the economic, social and political crises that the Christian kingdoms then experienced prevented them from dedicating themselves to the secular enterprise of the struggle against the Muslims. The kingdom of the Nasrids thus subsisted a
Al-Andalus was fully inserted into the economic world of Islam. This meant that the economy of Muslim Spain, unlike what was happening in the northern Christian territories, was highly dynamic. In this economy, the most significant feature stood out, the transcendental role played by cities, centers
Muslim society had a theocratic character, in that there was not the slightest separation between the religious and political spheres. In any case, during the stage of the independent Emirate of al-Andalus, he broke his ties with the caliphs of Baghdad in the political field , although they continue
The term Islam means, from the religious point of view, surrender or submission to God. The mosque was, in the Muslim world, the center of religious life . In the major mosques of the cities the faithful gathered to attend the Friday prayers. In the prayer that was celebrated in the main mosque of C
The war of Castilian succession covered the years 1474 to 1479 . In 1474 the most brilliant period in the history of Spain begins:the Catholic Monarchs transmit to their heirs an effective instrument, a Castilian State, coherent, strong, dynamic; Carlos V and Felipe II transform Spain into a hegemon
Francisco de Quevedo was a 17th century Spanish writer . He served Felipe III and Felipe IV on secret missions, was protected by the Duke of Osuna and suffered the rigors of the favorite of the second of the monarchs, the Count-Duke of Olivares. His life was very close to the absolutist court of the
Francisco Pizarro , Spanish conqueror of the 16th century who submitted the Inca Empire to the Spanish crown and created the first colony of this country in the territory of what, after his death, was to be the Viceroyalty of Peru. The logical difficulties of communication between the colonies and t
Hernán Cortés, Spanish conqueror to whom is due the incorporation of New Spain (now Mexico) to the empire of Carlos V. His feat, which involves the collapse of the power of the Aztecs, falls within the framework of the exploration and colonization of the island of Cuba and the continental coasts of
Alfonso X el Sabio was king of Castilla y León , his life coincided with the strengthening of the monarchical power recorded during the 13th century throughout the Iberian Peninsula, which was experiencing a critical moment in its long struggle against Islam. The victory over the Almohads in the Nav
Alfonso II, called the Chaste was King of Asturias . He was born in 759. Son of Fruela I and his wife Munia. He came to the throne by having abdicated Bermudo I in 791. He brought his court to Oviedo in 792. In his struggles against the Muslims, he extended his domain through Castile to the Duero ri
Alfonso V also called the Noble the Noble was king of Asturias and León . He was born in 994. Son of Bermudo II, whom he succeeded in 999 under the regency of the counts of Galicia (Mendo González and his wife Mayor). Two events took place at the beginning of this reign; first, the arrival of the ye
Alfonso VIII (the Noble and the Navas) he was king of Castile. He was born in 1155, who was the son of Sancho III, whom he succeeded in 1158, under the tutelage of Gutiérrez de Castro; but the Lara managed to take away his guardianship, which led to a civil war between both sides; the King of Navarr
Alphonse XII (the Peacemaker) was king of Spain. He was born on November 28, 1857 in Madrid . Son of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Francisco de Asís, with whom he went to France, when the Revolution of 1868 took place. On June 25, 1870, his mother abdicated, in him, all the rights to the Crown
Amadeus I of Savoy (Duke of Aosta) was king of Spain. He was born on May 30, 1845 in Turin (Italy). He second son of Víctor Manuel II (king of Italy) and his wife María Adelaida de Austria. He was educated at his fathers Court, having General Rosi as his teacher. He entered the Italian army with the
Carlos II (the Bewitched) he was king of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon. He was born on November 11, 1661 in Madrid . He was the son of Philip IV and his second wife, Mariana of Austria. He ascended the throne on the death of his father, under the tutelage and regency of his mother, who admitted t
Bermudo III he was king of Asturias and León. He was born in 1009 he was the son of Alfonso V, whom he succeeded in 1027 . With Bermudo III, the male succession of the kings of Asturias and León was extinguished, and this kingdom joined Castile through the female line. In 1028, Bermudo III married
Rimini is a city in Italy known for the glorious, eponymous, battle and victory of the Greeks of the 3rd Mountain Brigade against the Germans in 1944. But it was not the first time that there was a Greek combatant presence in the city. And not only did it exist, but it was led by one of the greatest
In 1040, Bulgaria was a province of the Byzantine Empire, after its subjugation by Vasilios Bulgarokdonos. However, this year the noble Petros Deleanos, who had, in theory, become Hellenized, left Constantinople and fled to Belgrade, from where he declared a revolution against the empire, proclaimin
Frances support for independence from the United States, constant clashes with the English, and several years of poor harvests left the royal coffers almost empty. The French monarch, Louis XVI, took the quickest and easiest way:more taxes. This new measure had to be approved by the States General .
In the history of the world, there are many people whose reputation is shaken, but Oliver Cromwell, who became the central figure of the Puritan Revolution, can be said to be the representative. Prestigious Gentry class Oliver Cromwell was born in England in 1599 as a Gentry class. Britain is