Isabel the Queen
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Isabel the QueenLife and TimesSecond EditionPeggy K. LissAn engrossing study.--Sunday TelegraphProvides a wealth of detail documenting Isabels love for Fernando, her devotion to her children, her ruthless ambition, and her canny statecraft.--Publishers WeeklyMagnificently researched. . . . A valuable reference book for the period and region.--Library JournalAn admirable portrait of an astute ruler whose passionate sense of mission did a great deal to shape the western world as we know it.--Sixteenth Century JournalQueen Isabel of Castile is perhaps best known for her patronage of Christopher Columbus and for the religious zeal that led to the Spanish Inquisition, the waging of holy war, and the expulsion of Jews and Muslims across the Iberian peninsula. In this sweeping biography, newly revised and annotated to coincide with the five-hundredth anniversary of Isabels death, Peggy K. Liss draws upon a rich array of sources to untangle the facts, legends, and fiercely held opinions about this influential queen and her decisive role in the tumultuous politics of early modern Spain.Isabel the Queen reveals a monarch who was a woman of ruthless determination and strong religious beliefs, a devoted wife and mother, and a formidable leader. As Liss shows, Isabels piety and political ambition motivated her throughout her life, from her earliest struggles to claim her crown to her secret marriage to King Fernando of Aragón, a union that brought success in civil war, consolidated Christian hegemony over the Iberian peninsula, and set the stage for Spain to become a world empire.Peggy K. Liss is the author of Atlantic Empires: The Network of Trade and Revolution, 1713-1823 and Mexico Under Spain 1521-1556: Society and the Origins of Nationality.The Middle Ages Series2004 | 496 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 22 illus.ISBN 978-0-8122-1897-8 | Paper | $28.95s | £19.00 World Rights | Biography, HistoryShort copy:A sweeping biography of the legendary S
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