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Robert Siegel talks with British historian Hugh Thomas about his new book, The Golden Empire: Spain, Charles V, and the Creation of America. Sponsor Message MELISSA BLOCK, host: From NPR News, this is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fueled by gold, ambition, and military power, Spain built one of the largest empires the world has ever seen. But greed, war, and economic missteps led to its downfall. Discover the incredible history ...

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 ...

The Piece of Eight, a silver coin from the Spanish Empire, emerged as the world's first truly international currency, dominating global trade across continents. Minted from American silver, its purity ...

The article discusses the historical intersection of animal hierarchies and human societies, focusing on the impact of ideas of 'perfect animals' in the Spanish empire. It explores the consequences of ...

As is well known, the vast world territories reached by the Spanish Crown during the reign of the Habsburgs, and their maintenance under the Bourbons, are often summed up with the expression “the ...