Learn why Simon Bolívar, once loyal to the Spanish crown, turned against the empire to lead Latin America’s push for ...

Clash of Empires reimagines the caped crusader like never before, trading Gotham’s alleys for the temples and battlefields of ...

It is the second volume in Thomas' three-volume history of the Spanish Empire. It covers the years of the reign of Charles V, who was both king of Spain and emperor of Europe in the 1500s.

Although the Spanish had developed elaborate systems to accommodate indigenous people into their empire, hundreds of sites such as the magnificent El Tajín in Veracruz State, which had been ...

SAN ANTONIO — Long before the Alamo became a military fort, it was a religious outpost of the Spanish Empire. Mission San ...

What began as a quick occupation spiraled into a brutal resistance. Napoleon’s invasion of Spain in 1808 ignited a war that bled his empire dry.

The Spanish Empire, Kamen argues forcefully, was neither created by Spain, nor was it as powerful and entrenched as the myths surrounding it suggest. "We are accustomed to the idea that Spain ...

China: The new Spanish Empire? The Chinese crisis has important echoes of the Soviet Union and 16th-century Europe. And history tells us the outlook isn't pretty. By JACOB SOLL 08/27/2015 12:58 PM EDT ...

Spanish Dreams of Empire Thomas J. Hamilton April 1944 Published on April 1, 1944 THOMAS J. HAMILTON, former correspondent in Spain of the New York Times; author of "Appeasement's Child;" now on duty ...