Puerto Rico is a small Caribbean island with a solid cultural identity, its own Olympic representation, national anthem and a ...

At the Boca Raton Museum of Art, visitors can explore the opulent world of Baroque Spain and its empire through ...

From 1580 to 1700, low-ranking Spanish imperial officials ceaselessly moved across the Spanish empire, and in the process forged a single coherent political unit out of multiple heterogeneous ...

From a convention for fans of an 18th-century Austrian monarch to cheerleader tryouts at AT&T Stadium, charting the myriad ...

MEXICO CITY -- In Mexico City’s bustling historic center, the Hospital de Jesus covers most of a city block. Its faded unassuming yellow facade, characteristic of the middle of the last century, ...

This chapter is part of a book that is no longer available to purchase from Cambridge Core Having grown up amid war and hardship, Mercurino di Gattinara, like many others, responded to the chaos by ...

The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, whose feast day falls on Dec. 12, has emerged as a symbol among Latino activists and ...

The same law makes some exceptions in Chapter 2, Paragraph 2: the flags of Finland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, ...

Admiral Lord Nelson’s famous last words may not have been “kiss me, Hardy,” according to a newly unearthed letter. Instead, ...

In the 16th century, when Spain colonized parts of the archipelago, the Spanish empire mobilized Christianized Filipinos to conquer and fight the Moros, a diverse group of indigenous Muslims.

The fight over renewable energy projects on farmland, massive property sales, and profiles on outstanding farmers and ...

She also gets discounted naval units, making her ideal for commanding the Spanish Armada... even if it's under a different flag. The Khmer Empire ruled what is now Cambodia, building temple cities ...