Claims about Columbus being Sephardic have bubbled up for decades Early in the 20th century some immigrant groups hoped ...

A dispute with Mexico, which demands an apology from the king of Spain, controversy over the meaning of the national holiday ...

Spain's Granada is a delightful mix of both its Muslim and Christian past. Yet, the city with much to see reveals itself in ...

For renowned historian Jorge Traslosheros, the so-called “black legend” of the Spanish conquest of lands in the Americas ...

Around 300,000 practicing Jews lived in Spain, before they along with Muslims were ordered to either convert to Catholicism ...

From financing expeditions in the New World to founding hospitals and schools, these women were incredibly influential—and granted more power than their counterparts back home.

The Vikings landed in what is now Newfoundland, Canada around the year A.D. 1000. So why didn't they colonize the region like ...

The study examines economic relations between Spain and Spanish America in the colonial period, and their implications for the economic structures of both parties, from the beginning of Spanish ...

This revelation was significant, as it coincides with the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, the same year Columbus reached America. The findings were the result of a 20-year genetic study ...

Located in southeastern Europe, Greece as an independent nation is young, existing since the 19th century. Its civilization, however, is one of history’s oldest and most influential, credited with ...

A Spanish TV documentary has broadcast claims that Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe and not from ...

The Big Jump,' 'Weiss & Morales,' 'Dating in Barcelona,' 'Querer' and 'Traffic Jam' also feature in Spain's Croisette spread.