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Women's history in Spain - notable Spanish women and the lives of ordinary and famous women in Spain, including Queen Isabella.
Beatriz Galindo - La Latina
Philosopher, scholar, teacher of medicine, she taught at Salamanca in the early 16th century.
Isabella I of Spain
Information on Isabella I of Castile and Aragon - her life and work. With her husband Ferdinand she united Spain, established the Spanish Inquisition and sponsored Christopher Columbus.
Isabella II
Queen of Spain 1833-1868, her succession led to war and factionalism. She was exiled to Paris and abdicated in favor of her son, Alfonso XII.
Love Customs in Eighteenth-Century Spain
Explore an online ebook, published 1991, that covers a variety of issues of sexuality and sexual customs in Spain in the 1700s.

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