Cristianismo - History Lab

Slave licence to Francisco de Esquivel

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:11 +0000

Royal Decree to the officers of the Casa de Contratación in Seville, giving licence to Francisco de Esquivel to pass to Hispaniola six black slaves who are two year old Christians.

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Royal Decree to the officers of the Casa de la Contratación to allow Andrés de Duero three black Christian slaves to pass to the Indies.

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:11 +0000

Royal Decree to the officers of the Casa de la Contratación to allow Andrés de Duero, resident on the island of Fernandina, three black Christian slaves to pass through to the Indies.

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Charles V at the Battle of Mühlberg

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:09 +0000

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, was portrayed by the Italian artist Titian after his victory over the Smalkada League, led by Protestant nobles. Faced with the religious rebellion that had arisen in the imperial states in the heart of Europe following the reformism proposed by Luther years earlier, Charles V took action to prevent the break-up of one of his territories over politico-religious issues. Although the significance of the emperor’s victory is political in nature, the religious connotation should not be forgotten, in which Catholicism defeats Protestantism. Thus, in the image, Charles shows the Virgin with the child on her breast in a clear allusion to the fact that God is on his side. The meaning of this painting is to show Charles not as a victor, but as an emperor capable of ruling over the different and diverse states and religions that made up the Hispanic Monarchy. Artistically, it is a novel work for the European imagination, as it synthesises the Roman equestrian portraiture begun in the Renaissance period, which would reach its apogee in the second half of the 16th century.

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List of convents of Saint Clare in the Crown of Aragon

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:20 +0000

The Franciscan order was one of the mendicant orders with the greatest influence in the peninsular context. Guided by the observances of Francis of Assisi, the Franciscans spread the rules of the new order throughout the peninsular territory, also reaching the Crown of Aragon. As Carmen Soriano Triguero says, the expansion of the order took place in the favourable context of the Christian conquest, where the ideological struggle against Islam was necessary, for which these monasteries constituted a revival of the faith. Similarly, their presence was necessary to promote pacification in more agitated contexts such as the wars of the two Peters. This trend was joined by the feminine aspect, and convents were built to house women who followed the rule of Francis of Assisi, normally attached to Saint Clare.

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