...the importance of education. Starting in Italy and spread to Spain in the 15th century later on. During this time, many great ruler existed. Queen Isabella I, or Isabella of Castile, she was one of the legendary Queen in Spain, not only because she was the Queen of Spain but also her knowledge and wisdom. Queen Isabella I was born on April 22, 1451in the town of Madrigal de las Altas Torres and died on November 26,1504 in the castle of La Mota. She is often referred as “La Catolica” (the catholic), a title given to her by the Spanish pope, Alexander VI. This is a title that the Spanish king and Queen still retain. She was the daughter of John II, the king of Castile and his second wife, Isabella of Portual. Her path to became the Queen wasn't like she fight for it but was given to her, her father died when she was three years old, at that time she already have two...
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...Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 at Genoa. Genoa was a seaport that was on the Ligurian sea. His name was Cristoforo Colombo and that was translated into English as Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus had two brothers, which he was older than both. Christopher Columbus had little schooling just like most of the people during that age. Genoa was a busy seaport and Christopher Columbus learned much from the sailors. Christopher Columbus’s father was a poor weaver. Christopher Columbus worked with his father for a while, but his heart was set on sailing. (“Christopher Columbus.” The book of knowledge, 2000.) As soon as Christopher Columbus possibly could he went to sea. Christopher Columbus started with short fishing trips and worked his way up to longer trips with merchants that traded along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Christopher Columbus was intrigued by map making and geography, which he studied between trips. In Christopher Columbus’s twenties he made his first trip out of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean. During that trip Christopher Columbus’s boat was attacked and was set on fire. The only way out was to swim; Christopher Columbus swam six miles back to shore by clinging to wreckage. (“Christopher Columbus.” The book of knowledge, 2000.) In 1476 Christopher Columbus move to Portugal. In Portugal he met Felipa Perestrello e Moniz. Felipa Perestrello e Moniz was the daughter of a respected, but relatively poor family. Shortly after they...
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...sailing west will provide a new route to the “earthly paradise of China” (1492: Conquest of Paradise). His request for funding is denied by the Spanish council, but after a rich investor agrees to help him, Queen Isabella I approves the trip. Lying about the length of the trip to his crew, Columbus sets sail for “honor, gold and the greater glory of God” (1492: Conquest of...
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...chosen goal or destination” (Christopher Columbus Quote). Columbus was an Italian man living in Spain to pursue his dream of navigation. He wished to travel the world. Columbus explored the globe and exchanged many different things. Christopher Columbus significantly influenced naval exploration, world trade, and cultural exchange. Christopher Columbus was able to explore because he was financially supported. The reason he had to pay was because of travel fees, crew employment, navigation tools, and supplies. Since Columbus was an adventurer, he had the natural curiosity to understand the world around him. Most scholars believe...
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...expect that he would have been on the path of a royal second born son. The path of the church. Along with Henry’s extensive knowledge of the Church and Theology, he also has a passion for music, languages, poetry and sports. Henry’s older brother, Arthur, however, was destined to be king and was married to Catherine of Aragon in November of 1501, in an alliance with Spain. A four months later, Arthur fell ill, and died, leaving a ten year old Henry to assume his...
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...Primary Source Essay One of the great explorers, Christopher Columbus came in contact with the West Indies during the time of his first voyage in 1492. Upon his arrival, Columbus wrote a detailed letter to Luis de Santangel, a financial minister and treasurer, who took interest in Columbus’s journey. Through Luis de Santangel, Columbus was able to receive aid from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella during his voyage. In the context of the letter, Columbus included information on the islands he had discovered on his first voyage, including the names he gave to the islands that he came in contact with. Christopher Columbus wrote to Luis de Santangel in form of a letter, which originally was written in April of 1493, after his first voyage, which was first issued in Barcelona, Spain. According to Julius Olson and Edward Bourne (1906), “Columbus sent a duplicate of this letter with some slight changes to Gabriel Sanxis (Spanish form, Sanchez), the treasurer of Aragon, from whose hands a copy came into the possession of Leander de Cosco, who translated it into Latin, April 29, 1493” (p. 261). Many people today know Christopher Columbus as one of greatest explorers in all of history. As an individual, Columbus achieved great success throughout his life. Columbus’s discovery of the Americas shocked everyone due to the fact that it was unknown and had not been discovered earlier. Although Columbus is viewed as a success today, before writing this...
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...The Spanish Inquisition In 1469, the marriage of Ferdinand V of Aragon to his cousin Isabella of Castile united the two most powerful provinces of Spain (Hauben, 23). During this time, Spain was becoming one of the wealthiest nations in the world. Much of Spain’s wealth was contributed by the Jewish population, which was very successful during this time period because of Christian church laws against usury, which is an illegal practice of charging unfair rates on loans. Prejudice against the Jews and strong feelings of anti-Semitism had also grown during this time, especially after a riot on Ash Wednesday (March 15,1391), started by a Spanish archdeacon named Martinez. Martinez called out to all Spanish citizens to “purge themselves of the filthy Jews”. Martinez incited his congregation to riot. The crowd moved enmasse towards the Juderia (Jewish quarter). Some of the participants were captured by the police and flogged or beaten, but that was not enough to stop the mob. Although they did not succeed that day to destroy the Jews, the feelings that Martinez had evoked lay simmering until June 6th when the mob sacked the Juderia of Seville. It is believed that the victims numbered in the hundreds, if not thousands (C. Roth, 1964). The estimated number of victims for the riot is said to be a little over one thousand. After this ordeal, a number of Jews, called conversos, professed themselves as Christians to escape persecution. Many Christians were questioning the validity of...
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...Brian LeConte 9/17/2015 A Letter from Christopher Columbus to the King & Queen of Spain A letter by Christopher Columbus in the 1490’s written to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, during Columbus’s time in the new world, depicts the rules and foundations Columbus had set to colonize the newly discovered island, named Espanola. These rules consist of how many colonists were to be allowed to enter said island, the establishment of towns, having colonists search the land for gold, and how the gold shall be divided between the towns, the townsfolk, and the Kingdom, which seems to be the primary reason for the letter being written. The document also goes into detail about setting up trade with the other islands, establishing churches, mayors, and future exploration. This letter was written in pertinence to the colonization of the Americas. Spain had its mind set on finding gold, and with the help of Columbus they might just do so. All colonists that wish to collect gold in the new land must file “colonists’ papers”, build their own homes in the towns that were assigned to them. But there are strict guidelines to how a settler can mine for gold. “None of the colonists shall go to seek gold without a license from the governor or Mayor of the town where he lives”. Each man that wished to search for gold had to file the colonist’s papers and receive a license from the towns Mayor. “He must first take oath to return to the place...
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...Christopher Columbus deserves acclaim for his accomplishments in breaking down the Western Hemisphere’s isolation from the rest of the world. Although famous for accidently finding the Americas, his stubbornness and tenacity that allowed him to persevere were the real reasons that made him famous. He was a capitalist, pure and simple who desired fame and fortune and traveled to talk with any head of state that he could gain an audience with. In 1485, some seven years before his historic voyage he tried to persuade the Portuguese to back his plan but was rejected because his calculations were not concrete. He then traveled to Spain and gained and audience with the Catholic Monarchs Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon....
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...established in history. It stretched over many continents and had many islands. Spain expanded its territories over four centuries, starting in 1492 and ending in 1892. One of the influences from the Spanish Empire today is that the United States was founded under Spanish control. The motivating force for Spanish exploration, both on land and overseas, was the spread of Catholicism and the unearthing of natural resources and precious metals such as gold and silver by taking over other empires such as the Aztecs and Incas. The Origins of the Spanish Empire begin with the Reconquista. The Reconquista was a period of about 750 years during which many Christian Kingdoms...
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...Spain During Ancient Times or Dates of Antiquity During ancient times or dates of antiquity Spain was under the Roman Empire. It was called Hispania, to it were born Roman emperors Trojan and Theodosius I and the philosopher Seneca. The Roman Empire (Latin: Imperium Romanum) was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean. Spain During the Middle Ages 5th to 8th Century Rulers: Alaric I (Alareiks in the original Gothic) was likely born about 370 on an island named Peuce (the Fir) at the mouth of the Danube in present day Romania. King of the Visigoths from 395–410, Alaric was the first Germanic leader to take the city of Rome. Having originally desired to settle his people in the Roman Empire, he finally sacked the city, marking the decline of imperial power in the west. Euric, also known as Evaric, Erwig, or Eurico in Spanish and Portuguese (c. 415 – 484), Son of Theodoric I and the younger brother of Theodoric II and ruled as king of the Visigoths, with his capital at Toulouse, from 466 until his death in 484. He inherited a large portion of the Visigothic possessions in the Aquitaine region of Gaul, an area that had been under Visigothic control since 415. Over the decades the Visigoths had gradually expanded their holdings at the expense of the weak Roman government, advancing well into Hispania in the process. Alaric II, also...
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...In this letter he writes to the King and Queen, not to tell them about what is happening in the West Indies, but to ask two requests of them. He describes how the island of Española has changed in the time between his first and fourth voyage saying “I believed that their example would have been to the profit of others; on the contrary, they are in a languid state although they are not dead; the infirmity is incurable or very extensive; let him who brought them to this state come now with the remedy if he can or if he knows it; in destructive, everyone is adept.” (Columbus 1). This clearly emphasizes how bad things have gotten since Columbus took over the West Indies. Columbus goes on to reveal to Ferdinand and Isabella that he had been kidnapped by pirates and “thrown into a ship, laden with fetters, stripped to the skin, very ill-treated, and without being tried or condemned.” (Columbus 4) which then prompts his first request of the King and...
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...World". Most people underestimate this question and cite greed. In my opinion what attracted the French, Spanish, and English to the New World is not given the credit it deserves. The basics that attracted the French, Spanish, and English to the New World were economic, social, and political strategic conflict. In the light of this I will break down the issues in order to give each of them the thought that they fully deserve. Spain looked at the New World and saw an oppertunity to convert the people of the New World to Catholasisim, because of Queen Isabellas strong commitment to her faith .Other countries were more concerened with political reaches it could impliment and use to control The new country.Queen Isabella was more worried about saving the savages souls. As a result an early establishment of the Catholic religion in the New World. The results of this are still seen today in America. The Spanish did manage to "civilise" Latin America, the Spanish had no way to rule effictivly, due to the distance from the Americas to Spain. Also, the Spainish ways of ruling had no give it was black and white no grey. All major decisions were made by Spain so when officals wrote for advice it took months to get a response, and the conflict was already over. Frances main goal in going to the "New World" was incorporation. The French didn't merely want to convert the people to Christianity, they wanted to export their culture, food, and language. Futhermore, the French handled their...
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...beyond belief. Columbus wanted to have someone besides himself put up the money for his trips across the Atlantic. Columbus made the people of the village (his slaves of the new world) mine his gold to take back to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Columbus stole the gold from the natives to bring back to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Christopher Columbus spread diseases across the new land that the Indians had never seen before. Columbus spread Malaria, Mumps, he also spread the deadly Whooping Cough. The natives had no idea on how to fight these deadly and painful diseases so these diseases wiped out every 1 in 3 natives. Christopher Columbus was a slaver. He forced the natives to mine gold for him . He made his sea crew work when they wanted to go back. He made the women of the village do “ACTS” for him. He stole the gold from the natives....
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...During the late 1400’s, Columbus was given permission and funding to sail Westward in an attempt to find a faster trade route to India. Spices, herbs, and supposed medicines were gaining popularity in Spain, and the rulers at the time-- King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella--saw Columbus’ mission as potentially beneficial. However, once Columbus discovered new territory, he established a system that would lead to the demise of much of the native population living in Hispaniola. Though Columbus committed terrible acts and made self-serving, ethnocentric decisions, it is unfair to label him as a complete villain; instead, I view Columbus as an evil that was necessary in developing the new world that we live in today. After arriving in Hispaniola,...
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