Philip V of Spain

If someone would ever want to see a bullfight the top places to go are Spain, France, and Portugal, these places also show many festive traditions besides bullfighting and have many exquisite foods that are served while the bullfight is going one. Bullfighting has three stages in total the Cape stage, picador stage, and the killing stage, all have very unique features. “The cape stage the matador test the strength of the bull with a series of taunts and passes. The bull charges the cape and…

unable to protect the people, later he was overthrew because of the falling authority. The Capetian Dynasty began in 987 and ended in 1328. Hugues Capet’s family was one of the most powerful families in the kingdom, they even owned several abbeys. Louis V died in 987, Hugh Capet was elected…

a considerable role in Christian Spain during the 13th century, but the struggle against the Moors had kept the inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula busy and served to strengthen their faith. When toward the end of the 15th century the Reconquista was all but complete, the desire for religious unity became more and more pronounced. Spain’s Jewish population, which was among the largest in Europe, soon became a target. Over centuries, the Jewish community in Spain had flourished and grown in…

of widespread literacy, trade and progress. Through the rise of Charles V and the grand tour of his heir apparent Prince Philip of Spain, the empire which ruled over The Netherlands finally had come to grasp with the innovativeness and unique culture that the region supported, “Spanish visitors were also impressed by the political and economic strength of the Low Countries.” However, it was the eventually abdication of Charles V, during the Protestant reformation that caused difficult problems…

Treaty of Westphalia was a series of drafted peace treaties that went on in Central Europe between 1644 and 1648. The main purpose of the treaty was to end the Thirty Year War in the Holy Roman Empire and ultimately ended the Eighty Year war between Spain and the Dutch Republic as well. A total of 194 delegations representing a variety of European powers came together to ratify what would be the foundations of the political system in Europe for years to come. Although the conference that led…

the world, who dominated the political landscape across Europe for much of the Medieval ages and throughout the Renaissance. The Hapsburg family ruled a large variety of different nations throughout its reign, including the Holy Roman Empire, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sicily, Hungary-Croatia, colonial possessions in the New World, and other nations. The Hapsburgs were an incredibly powerful royal house throughout the ages that would forever shape the world and European continent with their rulers,…

Romulus and Remus, twin sons of Mars founded Rome. A king left the boys when they were babies in a basket in a river to drown. They were then saved by a she-wolf. The boys grew up and found the king who tried to kill them and defeated him. They found their own city on the river’s banks in 753 B.C. Romulus killed his brother and became the first king of Rome. Rome’s era as a monarchy ended in 509 B.C. with the overthrow of its seventh king, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, whom ancient historians…

Elizabeth I gave to the troops at Tilbury. The first one, which is the aim of this analysis, is recorded by Dr Leonel Sharp in a letter to the Duke of Buckingham; it was probably written sometime after the Duke of Buckingham´s marriage expedition to Spain in 1623. The second version of the Tilbury Speech was recorded in 1612 by Wiliam Leigh, in his sermon ´Queen Elizabeth, Paraleld in Her Princely Vertues´. The third version of Elizabeth ´s speech appeared beneath the painting of ´Elizabeth at…

Jorge Juan y Santacilia was born on January 5, 1713 in Alicante, Spain. He lived on his grandfather's property, El fondonet. Juan’s parents were Bernardo Juan y Canicia and Violante Santacilia y Soler de Cornella. Both of his parents were widowed and remarried. His father died when he was three years old. His uncle Antonio Juan took charge of Jorge and continued his education. Later on another uncle took charge of his education, Chipriano Juan, and sent him to Zaragoza for a preparatory…

administration for the kingdom (Steingrad, 2007). France became the super power in the European continent through the peace treaty of Westphalia and that of Pyrenees after the Thirty years of war between Spain and France. Louis XIV, king of France and Marie Therese, daughter of Philip IV of Spain marriage acted as a symbol for both countries peace…