Eso No Estaba En Mi Libro de Los Reyes Católicos

von Juan Uceda Requena

368 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Did you know that Isabella was kidnapped to prevent her marriage? That Ferdinand forged a papal bull so he could marry her? Or that the conquest of Granada was not the end of the Reconquista, but almost a new beginning? The Catholic Monarchs played a leading role in one of the most decisive and mythical periods in Spanish history. But behind the marble and official portraits lie palace intrigues, arranged marriages, family wars, alliances that almost never were, and decisions that shaped the country's destiny for centuries. In Eso no estaba en mi libro de historia de los Reyes Católicos (That Wasn't in My History Book of the Catholic Monarchs), Juan Uceda invites us to rediscover the reign of Isabella and Ferdinand from a perspective that is as rigorous as it is intimate. With a curious eye and an agile style, he reviews the lesser-known aspects of their reign: Isabel's suitors, the tensions surrounding the succession, the clandestine marriage, the conquest of the Canary Islands, marriage politics, and the struggle for control of the historical narrative. It is a journey full of surprising episodes and revealing details that restore humanity and complexity to two fundamental figures in our history.