During the Jewish golden age in Spain, from about AD 900 to 1300, Jews contributed to the economy, arts, and pursuit of scientific knowledge that thrived during the sometimes uneasy coexistence of ...
Ana Pacheco, the city of Santa Fe’s official historian, was not surprised when she had her father’s DNA tested and found it could be traced back to Spanish Jewish families who were probably expelled ...
The Holy Inquisitions of the Catholic Church began in the 12th century and were created to root out and punish heresy throughout Europe and even the Americas. Spanning several hundred years and ...
Jordi Vidal-Robert acknowledges support from Humanities and Social Sciences Research Council of Canada Grant 435-2015-0285. He is affiliated with the School of Economics at The University of Sydney ...
In Elizabethan and Protestant propaganda, the Spanish Empire figured as a threat to all that was good in the world. Wherever politics and the judicial system overlap, there is bound to be controversy.
NEW YORK — Monty Python’s Flying Circus took to the stage Thursday night, a little grayer and minus (almost) the troupe’s one deceased player — but no slower on the draw, with shots aimed at each ...