The Battle of Covadonga, fought in 722 AD, marked the beginning of the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian ...
From the 8th century CE to the turn of the 16th century, a swath of the Iberian Peninsula was under Islamic control. The ...
But as soon as the first light of day appeared, the gleaming chainmail, girded with steel bands, and the shining breastplates ...
The unofficial motto of the Spanish capital is customarily spoken ... The story goes that a certain soldier in King Alfonso VI’s army of reconquest used his dagger to scale the sheer defensive ...
From Zendaya to Kendall Jenner, discover the best dressed guests at the Paris Olympics 2024 Gallery 15 of the most emotional moments at the Olympics: from Duchess Sophie's cheering to Celine Dion ...
Previous massacres of the town’s Greeks occurred in 1715 (during the Ottoman reconquest of the Morea) and on Holy Monday, March 29, 1770, after the failed Orlov Revolt. The de facto commander in chief ...
To save democracy, the elites claim, they must reduce to a minimum the public's access to information and communication. Gett Images/iStock A global offensive has been launched to strangle digital ...
As the Western world reeled from the impact of the 1929 Wall Street Crash, and tensions between Europe’s fascist, communist, and democratic powers simmered in the 1930s, Spain faced its own power ...
Charles V of France (1338–1380), also known as Charles the Wise, was the King of France from 1364 until his death in 1380. He ...