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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ... could have been born in other places, from the [[Aragonese_Empire|Crown of Aragó]] to the Kingdoms of [[...
5: ...as John Cabot) was first to reach the American mainland (which Columbus did not reach until his third ...
9: Unlike the voyage of the Scandinavians, Columbus's vo...
35: ...ages to [[Prince Juan]], son of [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand]] and Isabella, and each later contribu...
46: ...vered less space on the earth's surface than commonly believed. Finally, Columbus read maps as if the ... - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
2: ...: ''Isabel'', ''Ysabel'' or ''Isabela'' — only ''Isabel'' is used in modern Spanish) ([[April 2...
5: ...s also great-great-granddaughter of [[Peter IV of Aragon]] and his wife [[Leonor of Portugal]], daughter o...
7: ...r of Kings [[John I of Aragon]] and [[Martin I of Aragon]].
38: ...Queen of Castile]]'''<br>''with [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand V]]''
41: ...hs|Queen of Leon]]'''<br>''with [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand V]]'' - Eleonora di Arborea (2091 bytes)
9: ...anor and was trying to reclaim the island, as the Aragonese king James II had a century earlier been promi... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
5: ...ne was sent to a convent to be educated; she was only fourteen when she was married (1533), at [[Marse...
7: ...[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], was only too glad of the opportunity to strengthen his in... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
13: ...w Castle]] and many of the prerogatives normally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], sometimes leadin...
15: ...ation was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not only consulted the Spanish scholar [[Juan Lu�Vives]...
21: ...all [[Europe]], furthermore, regarded her as the only true heir and daughter of Henry VIII, although s...
26: ...t the marriage between her mother and father was unlawful, thus making her illegitimate. She also bec...
33: ...om the line of succession in his will, which was unlawful, because it contradicted an Act of Parliamen... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
11: ...[British honours system|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities, one [[earl|earldom]] an...
16: ...her half-sister, Mary, daughter of [[Catherine of Aragon]], was reinstated in the line of succession after...
33: ...in, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He only accepted out of loyalty to [[Anne Boleyn]]'s mem...
41: ... inheiretted from her father [[Henry VIII]] were only hers until she wed.
46: ...s to the last English possession on the French mainland, [[Calais]], after the defeat of an English ex... - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
15: ...nor of the North on the king's behalf. They had only one child, [[Edward of Middleham | Edward]], bor...
19: ...f Wales]]; however, Edward of Middleham died suddenly on [[April 9]], [[1484]] at [[Sheriff Hutton]], ...
32: ... width="30%" |Followed by:<br />'''[[Catherine of Aragon]]''' - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
18: ... the West Coast of [[Africa]]. For centuries the only trade routes linking [[West Africa]] with the Me...
22: ...ich Castille won. It was not until the union of [[Aragon]] and [[Castille]] and the completion of the ''[[...
26: ... arrival unleashed, managed to conquer them with only a handful of men. Once Spanish suzereignancy was...
33: Portugal had some trouble expanding its empire inland, however, concentrating mostly on the coastal ...
40: ... expeditions of Cabot, Cartier and others were mainly hoping to find the [[Northwest passage]] and thu... - Spain (36498 bytes)
58: ...have included the [[Basque people|Basque]]s, the only pre-Celtic people in Iberia surviving to the pre...
85: ...urt and changed the title of king of Castilla and Aragon for the current king of Spain.
116: ...s with the ETA with no political concessions and only if it gives up all its weapons. PSOE, CiU, ERC, ...
118: ... constitution, making Spain the first and so far only country to approve the constitution via referend...
130: * [[Aragon]] (''Arag󮧧) - Oregon (26551 bytes)
36: .... Oregon is known for its abundant rainfall, but only the western 2/5 of the state is notably rainy; e...
72: ...ated that the name is related to the kingdom of [[Aragon]].
94: [[Crater Lake National Park]] is Oregon's only [[national park]].
101: ...n to serve a six-year term as Chief Justice. The only court that may reverse or modify a decision of t...
164: ...urch]] membership rates as high as 80 %, it runs only about 12 % in Oregon. - Crusade (28507 bytes)
25: ...tian war against Muslim conquests, it is not the only such example. The [[Normans|Norman]] adventurer ...
28: ... both Arabs (in Sicily) and Byzantines (on the mainland). A Latin hegemony in the Levant would provide...
34: On a popular level, the first crusades unleashed an unprecedented wave of impassioned, perso...
41: ...ut also in Spain and central Europe, against not only Muslims, but also Christian heretics and persona...
93: ...ade was diverted to [[Tunis]], where Louis spent only two months before dying. - List of Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
23: ...Catherine Jagellonica of Poland]] (duchess of [[Finland]], queen of [[Sweden]])
27: **[[Ferdinand of Aragon]] - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
27: ...g controversial political matters freely. It is unlikely that More, a devout and conservative Christi...
34: ...lled to marry his brother's widow, [[Catherine of Aragon]], daughter of the Spanish king, as a means of pr...
36: ...mbrace the Protestant teaching that the Pope was only the [[Bishop of Rome]] and therefore had no auth...
39: ...that the marriage of Henry to Catherine had been unlawful. But as Henry began to deny the authority o...
48: ...d of the church. This testimony was almost certainly false, but on the strength of it the jury voted ... - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
3: ...in enforcing the ''[[limpieza de sangre]]'' ("cleanliness of blood") against descendants of converted ...
6: ...wn of Aragon, a confederation of the Kingdom of [[Aragon]], [[Baleares]], [[Catalunya]] and [[Valencia]], ...
8: ...ile, and [[Barcelona]], capital of the [[Crown of Aragon]], had large [[Jew]]ish populations centered in '...
10: ...Crown of Aragon. Ferdinand's father, [[John II of Aragon]], appointed [[Abiathar Crescas]], a Jew, as his ...
14: ...ilian]] Isabella was a devout [[Catholic]], the [[Aragon]]ese Ferdinand was not above using religion as a ... - Sicily (18450 bytes)
43: ... loaded onto ferries for the crossing from the mainland. Officially, the Stretto di Messina, S.p.A. in...
47: ... served by national and international flights (mainly European) from to [[Palermo International Airpor...
66: ...ties to [[Carthage]], which was on the African mainland not far from the southwest corner of the islan...
78: ...on by king [[Peter III of Aragon|Peter III]] of [[Aragon|Aragó®.
84: ...northern Italy. The organised crime networks commonly known as the [[Mafia|mafia]] extended their infl... - Palermo (10618 bytes)
14: ...266]]-[[1282]]), Sicily came under the house of [[Aragon]] and later, in ([[1479]]), the kingdom of [[Spai...
25: ...ely from the "sacking of Palermo", as it was commonly called. New parts of town appeared almost out of...
66: *[http://www.palermonline.com.ar Palermo in Buenos Aires] - Malta (18511 bytes)
69: ...ers included the Anjouvines, Hohenstaufen and the Aragonese. The [[Maltese nobility]] was established duri...
71: ... of St. John of Jerusalem]] in perpetual lease ([[Aragon]] having owned the island as part of their Medite...
100: ...terranean Sea]], some 93 km south of [[Sicily]]. Only the three largest islands [[Malta Island]] (Malt...
102: ...ters and hot, dry summers. Effectively there are only two seasons, which makes the islands attractive ...
123: ...abour (economics)|labour]] force. Malta produces only about 20% of its food needs, has limited freshwa... - Faience (4113 bytes)
6: ...nwares shipped to [[Italy]] from the [[kingdom of Aragon]] in Spain at the close of the [[Middle Ages]]. T... - Inquisition (9274 bytes)
5: ...Church charged with the eradication of heresies. Unlike many other religions (e.g., [[Buddhism]], [[Ju...
24: ... end of the 15th century, under [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand]] and [[Isabella of Castile]], the Span... - Celtic languages (6032 bytes)
6: ...ian Language|Celtiberian]], anciently spoken in [[Aragon]] and elsewhere in [[Spain]].
12: ...rred around [[1000 BC]]. The early Celts are commonly associated with the archaeological [[Urnfield cu...
22: ... Goidelic and Brythonic clusters. When referring only to the modern Celtic languages, 'Q-Celtic' and '...
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