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.
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.
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.