Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: The New Laws of the Indies, 1542 The Laws and ordinances newly made by His Majesty for the government of the Indies and good treatment and preservation of the Indians created a set of pro-Indian laws - so pro-Indian that they some had to be revoked in Mexico and in Peru due to settler opposition. where the viceroy was killed when he ...

Back to Jewish History Sourcebook | Back to Medieval Sourcebook | Halsall History Web Sites Page | Jewish History Sourcebook: The Expulsion from Spain, 1492 CE In the spring of 1492, shortly after the Moors were driven out of Granada, Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain expelled all the Jews from their lands and thus, by a stroke of the pen, put an end to the largest and most distinguished Jewish ...

Back to Jewish History Sourcebook | Back to Medieval Sourcebook | Halsall History Web Sites Page | Jewish History Sourcebook: The Jews of Spain and the Visigothic Code, 654-681 CE THE Visigothic Code, originally in Latin, includes the laws of a number of Catholic kings who ruled Spain from 586 to 71 1. Reccared (586-601), the first Visigothic King to become a Catholic, was also the first king to ...

An Online Research Center on the History and Theory of Anarchism Home Search About Us Contact Us Other Links Critics Corner The Cynosure Michael Bakunin William Godwin Emma Goldman Peter Kropotkin Errico Malatesta Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Max Stirner Murray Bookchin Noam Chomsky Bright but Lesser Lights Cold Off The Presses Pamphlets Periodicals Anarchist History Worldwide Movements First ...

North American Exploration by Cabeza de Vaca the early 1500's; America's First Written History.

Our Lady Of Guadalupe Patroness of the Americas Espa ol - Francais - Portugu s Our Lady of Guadalupe Chronology of Events Relation of the Apparitions Why the name Guadalupe Blessed Juan Diego The mysterious eyes of the Virgin Coatlaxopeuh versus Molech The Basilica My Prayer to Our Lady Read posted prayers - Post your own Say thanks to Our Lady See the flowers - Place your own rose. Guadalupe ...

About the Spanish Revolution of 1936 and in particular the role of the anarchists. The Spanish Civil War of 1936 saw a social revolution led by the anarchist CNT and the FAI. As well as forming militia to fight fascism the land was collectivised and many industries were put under workers control ...

Biographies of deranged and peculiar royals in history. Truth is definitely stranger than fiction! Mad King George, Caligula, Ivan the terrible, etc.

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The SPANISH GROUP OF WORLD HERITAGE CITIES is made up of eight monumental centres -Avila, Caceres, Cordoba, Cuenca, Salamanca , Santiago de Compostela, Segovia and Toledo, which were joined together by this distinction of the UNESCO between the years 1985 and 1998. Spain is, in this way, the country in the world with the largest number of cities holding this prestigious title. In 1993 they ...

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado Spanish, born in Salamanca, ca. 1510, died in Mexico City, 1554. Coronado was governor of New Galicia (contemporary Sinaloa and Nayarit, Mexico). As such he had already sent out Fray Marcos de Niza on a voyage to the north, to New Mexico. When Marcos returned he told about a wealthy, golden city, called Cibola. Of course this raised Coronado's interest, and he ...

The Spanish galleon Concepcion struck a reef in 1641, spilling a conquistador's ransom in silver. Join the crew in the fight to stay afloat and examine priceless finds from the wreck.

Welcome to Dieciocho! Dieciocho is a journal dedicated to what we call the Hispanic Enlightenment, that is, to eighteenth-century studies in Spain and Latin America. In our pages you will find articles in English or Spanish about the literature, history, art and thought of those two areas. In addition, you will find reviews of the latest books, current bibliography ( Cajon de sastre ...

Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Henry C Lea (1829-1909): The Inquisition in 17th-Century Peru: Cases of Portuguese Judaizers The most serious business of the tribunal, in the line of its proper functions, was with the apostasy of the Jewish New Christians. From the very foundation of the colonies . . . restrictions were laid on the emigration of Conversos and a law ...

Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Pedro de Cieza de Leon: Chronicles of the Incas, 1540 Another view of the Incas, from a conquistador. It provides quite a lot of information about the Incan economy--a redistributive typical of all early civilizations. It is told for a fact of the rulers of this kingdom that in the days of their rule they had their representatives in ...

Essays on the Spanish Civil War by Albert Weisbord, written when he was in Spain during the Civil War and Revolution.

The history of Mexico - MEXICO'S COLONIAL ERA--PART I: The Settlement of New Spain . In Mexico Connect - The premium E-zine and Web Site devoted to Mexico, her people, history, culture, art and land.

History of Spain History Home Page CountryReports.org Shop our Online Store! Discuss World Issues! ~ Buy a History or Related Book ~ Historical Setting IBERIA HISPANIA AL ANDALUS CASTILE AND ARAGON THE GOLDEN AGE Ferdinand and Isabella Charles V and Philip II Spain in Decline BOURBON SPAIN War of the Spanish Succession The Enlightenment The Napoleonic Era THE LIBERAL ASCENDANCY The Cadiz Cortes ...

A history of the Spanish libertarian and anarchist movement with a look back at the Spanish Civil War ...

Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Biographic Sources On Spaniards In The New World, 16th-17th Centuries Petitions for Jobs And Money A huge amount of information on individual Spanish settlers in the New world is available. Much comes from petitions - Probanzas de Servicios y Writos -for jobs sent to the king and Council of the Indies. As well as such petitions hundred ...

Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales: The Founding of St. Augustine, 1565 I. THE LORD having granted us favorable weather from the first, five days' sailing brought us in sight of the Lanzarote Islands and Fuerte Ventura. The following Wednesday, July 5, 1565, we reached the Canary Islands, which are two hundred and fifty leagues from ...

PORTU ERROTA Molino de Mareas Zortziko Portu Errota Construido en el a o 1683 es actualmente el nico molino de mareas en funcionamiento en el Pais Vasco Historia de Portu Errota Caracteristicas Tecnicas Presente y futuro Una Visita Fotografica D nde esta situado Animaci n Si deseas obtener mas informaci n de Portu Errota envia un E-mail a: Jon de Iturribarria, Bilbao. ...

Catalonia : The origin of the name ...