How the surrender of Granada made the Catholic Monarchs the owners of the last bastion of the Nazarite kingdom in Spain
The article discusses the impact of the surrender of Granada on the Catholic Monarchs and the logistical and economic effects of a decade of warfare in the Iberian Peninsula.
With this curious songbook of 148 folios and 58 miniatures, an attempt was made to seek the favor of Joanna I of Castile
In 1502, during a period of deep dynastic uncertainty for the Catholic Monarchs, poet Pedro Marcuello crafted an extravagant illuminated manuscript to win the favor of Joanna I of Castile and her husband, Philip the Handsome.
The race against time to save in Madrid the shield with which the Catholic Monarchs honored Columbus
The article discusses the urgent effort to protect a 1493 parchment, featuring the first heraldic image of America, which was auctioned unsuccessfully for a million euros.