She ended a twenty-four-generation struggle between Muslims and Christians, forcing North African invaders back over the Mediterranean Sea. In 1474, when most women were almost powerless, twenty-three-year-old Isabella defied a hostile brother and a mercurial husband to seize control of Castile and León. OL19664233W Page_number_confidence 90.32 Pages 570 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20201006192048 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 812 Scandate 20200930171211 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780385534116 Sent_to_scribe Tts_version 4.An engrossing and revolutionary biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus's journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition, and became one of the most influential female rulers in history.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-495) and indexĪ birth without fanfare - A childhood in the shadows - Frightening years - Isabella faces the future alone - Marriage - Ferdinand and his family - The newlyweds - The Borgia connection - Preparing to rule - Isabella takes the throne - The tribe of Isabel - The whole world trembled - The queen's war - Architects of the Inquisition - Landing in paradise - Borgia gives her the world - Lands of vanity and illusion - Faith and family - Turks at the door - Israel in exile - Three daughters - A church without a shepherd - The death of Queen Isabella - The world after IsabellaĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:01:29 Boxid IA1954408 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier X, 520 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cmĭrawing on new scholarship, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Woman Behind the New Deal presents a biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus' journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition and became one of the most influential female rulers in history
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