Results for “Spanish Empire”
Inquisition
The Inquisition was a series of Catholic judicial institutions (12th–19th c.) that sought to enforce doctrinal uniformity by investigating, trying, and punishing heresy, thereby reshaping European law, religion, and society.
PeopleChristopher Columbus
Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) made four Atlantic crossings under the Spanish flag, permanently linking the Old and New Worlds and inaugurating the era of trans-Atlantic empires.
PeopleFerdinand Magellan
Portuguese-born navigator Ferdinand Magellan conceived, captained, and ultimately sacrificed his life in the 1519-1522 Spanish expedition that first girdled the globe, proving the vastness of the Pacific and the possibility of reaching Asia by sailing west.
HistoryReconquista
The Reconquista was a 781-year series of Iberian Christian campaigns that dismantled al-Andalus and ended Muslim political presence on the peninsula with Granada’s fall in 1492.