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The Best Books on Spain’s Medieval Past

From heroic legends to royal intrigue, these five books take you deep into Spain’s most fascinating period. Perfect for ...
A discussion of the thriving intellectual life of Medieval Spain in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. During this period of ...
Once known as the Kingdom of Aragon, this region in the foothills of the Pyrenees has managed to evade mass tourism despite ...
The earliest documented history of Spanish Jewry dates back at least 2,000 years to when the Romans destroyed the Second ...
First constructed more than 200 years ago, Franc Vila’s manor house in Pego, Spain, is an irreplaceable find. Graced with palms, terraces and two medieval towers, the six-bedroom, six-bathroom ...
It was rock hard. Archaeologists have found a 6-inch stone penis that may have been used to sharpen swords in Spain during the tumultuous 15th century.
In the warm air of an early-June morning, Jose Antonio Peña walks along a channel of gushing water in the Sierra Nevada of southern Spain. Traversing the rocky terrain and ducking beneath boughs of ...
Thus, the mass expulsions of late medieval Spain drew on centuries of hate, even as they marked a turning point. In 1492, and during the years that followed, tens of thousands of Jews fled Spain ...
Spain has recently been rising up against mass tourism, with protests in places from Barcelona to the Balearics. But country ...
Perhaps the most striking image of Spain's drought, so severe it has forced Barcelona to ship in water, has been that of the underwater church which emerged from a drying dam.