Isabel the Queen (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Peggy K. Liss
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1451-1504
- Setting: Spain and its colonies
- Principal Characters: Isabel, Fernando II, Juan II, Christopher Columbus, Enrique IV (the Impotent), Cardinal Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza, Juan, Catherine of Aragon, Juana, Hernando de Talavera
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography
- Subjects: Voyages, Politics, Colonies or colonization, Religion, Ethnic relations, Christianity, Kings, queens, or royalty, Letters, Spain or Spanish people, Monarchy, Persecution
- Locales: Spain
Queen Isabel of Castile and Spain—traditionally known in the English-speaking world as Queen Isabella—was an extraordinarily influential woman in her own time. Her impact and decisions continued to influence both the Old and New Worlds long after her death. Too often portrayed as merely a loyal spouse to her husband, Fernando of Aragon, in reality she was a strong, independent, and ambitious figure in her own right. She survived numerous challenges to become queen of Castile in 1474. Her marriage to Fernando, then heir to the neighboring kingdom of Aragon, eventually resulted in a...
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