Isabel La Catolica [Spanish]

By Alberto de Frutos Dávalos

There are queens who are born to be queens. Isabella was not one of them. She was the second daughter of a sick king, raised far from court, with no throne in sight and no one betting on her. But the turbulent 15th century in the Iberian Peninsula--marked by noble struggles and unstable monarchies--ultimately paved the way for her to the crown of Castile. Isabella saw this before anyone else. And she had the determination to follow it. What came next changed the world. She unified the Crown, completed the conquest of Granada, and set in motion the administration of a vast and unknown territory. She was a strategist, a reformer, and, in many ways, Europe's first modern queen. But she also promoted the Inquisition and signed the decree expelling the Jews. Her figure defies simple interpretations, and understanding her requires embracing that contradiction. Eleven specialists reconstruct Isabella here from diverse perspectives--the court, power, family, war, faith, and the New World--to offer the most rigorous and complete portrait possible of a woman who, five centuries after her death, continues to defy any attempt at simplification.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: B0H3BVYJFB
• ISBN13: 9791388075346
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Pinolia
• Length: 208 Pages