The Habsburgs were an influential European dynasty that ruled much of the continent for centuries, and to keep their power ...

devoted to the Spanish Empire in the Americas and Asia. The papers, including letters, royal edicts and court documents, shed new light on several groups of enslaved Africans in and around what is ...

Since its discovery by Christopher Columbus in 1493, Cuba was considered the "Pearl" of the Spanish Empire--not only for its beauty, but also its sugar plantations. However, by the middle of the ...

But this was not to last. The always present clash of cultures, epidemics and growing rivalries with the nearby Pueblo of San Jose were only made worse by Mexico’s secession from the Spanish Empire in ...

So this Empire was at its peak in the fifteenth and the early sixteenth century. You know, when the Spanish people arrived they were at their peak, but at the same time there was a problem between ...

Nevertheless, its association with food for the elite prevailed until the Inca Empire was conquered by the Spanish in 1532. The coca harvest was collected in the fields by the mitimaes ...

Senator Hoar maintained, "This Treaty will make us a vulgar, commonplace empire, controlling subject ... been growing since the beginning of the Spanish-American War. In addition to Anti ...