After Charles V ascended the imperial throne, Frundsbergfest became an ally of the Spanish Empire. At the head of a force of ...

For a nation that traces its origins to the first westerly landfall by Columbus in 1492, America knows startlingly little about Spain, under whose flag the great explorer crossed the Atlantic. Reasons ...

TIMES have changed since the summer of 1940, when gangs of Fascists roamed the streets of Madrid shouting their claims to Gibraltar, and the Franco government put up official posters laying claim not ...

Seven years ago, in Rivers of Gold, Hugh Thomas gave us an epic account of the origins of Spain's overseas empire in America, culminating in the conquest of Mexico shortly after the election of ...