Ultimately, although we live in a republic—one designed with guardrails to prevent our executive from devolving into tyranny—the lessons from the Spanish schoolmen remain invaluable for ...

Spain, a nation rich in history and culture, is synonymous with exploration, adventure, and discovery. The country’s fascinating legacy of explorers has left an indelible mark on world history, ...

It is the second volume in Thomas' three-volume history of the Spanish Empire. It covers the years of the reign of Charles V, who was both king of Spain and emperor of Europe in the 1500s.

With a struggling economy and constant power struggles at home, Spain could no longer maintain its vast empire. This video explains how a once-mighty empire fell apart, and what we can learn from ...

This assertion, made by Felipe Fernández-Armesto and Manuel Lucena Giraldo in “How the Spanish Empire Was Built: A 400-Year History,” seems bold at first, almost audacious.

By the late 1800s, the Spanish empire was left with just Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. In the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain lost those three territories. Its 400-year-old empire was ...