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The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ushered in the European Age of Discovery.
- The Origins of The Empire
- The Sun Never Sets
- The Empire of The Last Spanish Habsburgs
- The Bourbon Spanish Empire: Reform and Recovery
- Twilight of The Global Empire
- Territories in Africa
- Legacy
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During the last 250 years of the Reconquista era, the Castilian monarchy, tolerated the small Moorish taifa client-kingdom of Granada in the south-east by exacting tributes of gold, the parias, and, in so doing, ensuring that gold from the Niger region of Africa entered Europe. Castile also intervened in Northern Africa itself, competing with the P...
The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are sometimes called "the Golden Age of Spain" (in Spanish. As a result of the marriage politics of the Reyes Católicos, their grandson Charles inherited the Castilian empire in America, the Aragonese Empire in the Mediterranean (including a large portion of modern Italy), as well as the crown of the Holy Rom...
Traditionally, historians mark the Battle of Rocroi (1643) as the end of Spanish dominance in Europe, but the war was not finished. Supported by the French, the Catalans, Neapolitans, and Portuguese revolted against the Spanish in the 1640s. With the Netherlands effectively lost after the Battle of Lens in 1648, the Spanish made peace with the Dutc...
Under the Treaties of Utrecht (April 11, 1713), the European powers decided what the fate of Spain would be, in terms of the continental balance of power. The new Bourbon king Philip V retained the Spanish overseas empire, but ceded the Spanish Netherlands, Naples, Milan, and Sardinia to Austria; Sicily and parts of Milan to Duchy of Savoy; and Gib...
The first major territory Spain was to lose in the nineteenth century was the vast and wild Louisiana Territory, which stretched north to Canada and was ceded by France in 1763. The French, under Napoleon, took back possession as part of the Treaty of San Ildefonso in 1800 and sold it to the United States (Louisiana Purchase, 1803). The destruction...
In 1481, the papal Bull Æterni regis had granted all land south of the Canary Islands to Portugal. Only this archipelago and the cities of Sidi Ifni (1476–1524), known then as "Santa Cruz de Mar Pequeña," Melilla (conquered by Pedro de Estopiñán in 1497), Villa Cisneros (founded in 1502 in current Western Sahara), Mazalquivir (1505), Peñón de Vélez...
The Spanish language and the Roman Catholic church were brought to America and to the Spanish East Indies (Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marianas, Palau, and the Philippines) by Spanish colonization which began in the 15th century. It also played a crucial part in sustaining the Catholic Church as the leading Christian denomination in Europ...
Archer, Christon et al. 2002. World History of Warfare. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803244238.Armstrong, Edward. 1973. The emperor Charles V. Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries. ISBN 9780518190127.Axtell, James, 1991. "The Columbian Mosaic in Colonial America." Humanities12(5):12-18.Black, Jeremy. 1996. The Cambridge illustrated atlas of warfare: Renaissance to revolution. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521470331.All links retrieved February 7, 2023. 1. Library of Iberian Resources Online, Stanley G Payne A History of Spain and Portugal vol. 1 Ch 13 "The Spanish Empire".
Map of territories that were once part of the Spanish Empire. The Spanish Empire was one of the first global empires. It was also one of the largest empires in world history. In the 16th century, Spain and Portugal were in the vanguard of European global exploration and colonial expansion.
15 de nov. de 2021 · The Spanish Empire, controlled by the Kingdom of Spain, endured from the 15 th century all the way into the 20 th century. At its height, it controlled territory on five of the world’s continents, including large parts of Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean, along with smaller possessions in Asia and Africa.
8 de nov. de 2021 · The Spanish Main refers, in its widest sense, to the Spanish Empire in the Americas from Florida in the north to the northern coast of Brazil in the south, including the Caribbean. The term was initially more limited and referred only to the mainland Spanish territories in northern South America.
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13 de jun. de 2022 · Colonial Spain had a highly-centralised and hierarchical form of government, where different levels and branches balanced out power so that no single institution or individual could challenge the interests of the Spanish Crown.
Lesson summary: The Spanish empire. Google Classroom. A high-level overview of Spanish efforts at early colonization. Early interactions between the Spanish and Native Americans who lived in Central and South America led to a series of cultural exchanges that affected both the New World and the Old World.
