Williamsburg Regional Library

Isabella of Castile, Europe's first great queen, Giles Tremlett

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Isabella of Castile

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Giles Tremlett

Europe's first great queen

1474. Castile was the largest, strongest, and most populous kingdom in Hispania-- and Isabella ascended the throne, a female ruler in a male-dominated world. Her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon not only united their kingdoms, but began a royal partnership in which Isabella more than held her own. Tremlett chronicles Isabella's colorful life as she led her country out of the Middle Ages and harvested the ideas and tools of the Renaissance to turn her nation into a sharper, early modern state

Europe's first great queen -- No man ever held such power -- The impotent -- The Queen's daughter -- Two kings, two brothers -- Bulls -- Choosing Ferdinand -- Marrying Ferdinand -- Rebel princess -- The Borgias -- Queen -- and King! -- Clouds of war -- Under attack -- Though I am just a woman -- The turning point -- Degrading the Grandees -- Rough justice -- Adiós Beltraneja -- The Inquisition : populism and purity -- Crusade -- They smote us town by town -- God save King Boabdil! -- The Tudors -- Granada falls -- Handover -- Expulsion of the Jews -- The vale of tears -- The race to Asia -- Partying women -- A hellish night -- new world -- Indians, parrots, and hammocks -- Dividing up the world -- A new continent -- Borgia weddings -- All the thrones of Europe -- Though we are clerics ... we are still flesh and blood -- Juana's fleet -- Twice married, but a virgin when she died -- The third knife-thrust of pain -- The dirty Tiber -- We Germans call them rats -- The end of Islam? -- The Sultan of Egypt -- Like a wild lioness -- The final judgement -- A beam of glory -- Appendix. Monetary values and coinage

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