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| − | [[File:Isabella of Castile PD.jpg|thumb|Isabella of Castile.]]
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| − | '''Ferdinand''' and '''Isabella''' were the king and queen of [[Spain]] in the late fifteenth century A.D. They ruled over [[Castile]] and [[Aragon]] which later became the Kingdom of [[Spain]]. They were patrons of [[Christopher Columbus]]. They established the [[Spanish Inquisition]] in 1478 and expelled the [[Jew]]s and [[Muslim]]s from Spain in 1492, thus denying the kingdom a commercial middle-class capable of controlling the wealth that would pour in from the [[Americas]] during the next three centuries.
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| − | Their empire was inherited by their grandson, [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V]], who united the Spanish Empire with the Burgundian Inheritance and the [[Habsburg]] lands in [[Austria]] and [[The Netherlands]].
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| − | [[File:Cordero Colon ante los Reyes Catolicos.jpg]]
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| − | Colón ante los Reyes Católicos by [[Juan Cordero]].
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| − | == See also ==
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| − | *[[Spanish Golden Age]]
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| − | *[[Golden Age of Spanish Painting]]
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| − | [[Category:Monarchs]]
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| − | [[Category:Spanish Empire]]
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| − | [[Category:Spanish History]]
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