'''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]]. After reconquering the small [[Moor]]ish Kingdom of [[Granada]], they established the [[Spanish Inquisition]] (1478) and expelled the [[Jew]]s and [[Muslim]]s from Spain in 1492. | '''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]]. After reconquering the small [[Moor]]ish Kingdom of [[Granada]], they established the [[Spanish Inquisition]] (1478) and expelled the [[Jew]]s and [[Muslim]]s from Spain in 1492. |