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Burgos
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Burgos , city (1990 pop. 163,507), capital of Burgos prov., N Spain, in Castile-Leon, on a mountainous...The royal residence was moved (1087) to Toledo, and Burgos lost some of its cultural importance. In the civil war...
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Pasiegos
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...straddle the provincial boundaries of Burgos and Cantabria (formerly Santander) at...Cantabrian municipalities and, on the Burgos slope, into the montane regions of Espinosa...sources of the Rivers Pas and Miera and the Burgos side by the sources of the Trueba. The...
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Native Americans, Treatment of (Spain Vs. England) (Issue)
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
...a result of his demands, the Crown promulgated the Laws of Burgos in 1512. These required that Indians were to be put into villages...Indians was Bartolome de Las Casas. He believed the Laws of Burgos were too weak and the Requerimiento was a travesty. He persuaded...
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Spanish art and architecture
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...decorative features. Outstanding examples include the cathedrals of Burgos, Toledo, and León, the last remarkable also for...retable and royal monuments in the church of Miraflores (near Burgos), representative of a late Gothic realism. In painting of...
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Antonio Cabezón
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Antonio Cabezón derived at least partially from Jewish ancestry, because he was born at Castrillo de Matajudios (near Burgos), remains unproved. Before the age of 16 he lost his sight. He studied organ at Palencia Cathedral, probably with Garcia...
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Peter the Cruel
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...France, and in 1366 he invaded Castile with French mercenaries under Du Guesclin . Peter fled, and Henry was crowned king at Burgos in 1366. Peter, however, had allied (1362) himself with England and with the help of Edward the Black Prince , he defeated...
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António de Oliveira Salazar
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Spanish Republic, and when the Civil War broke out in Spain, he recognized Franco's Nationalists in December 1937. Portugal supplied funds and arms to the Burgos government until the end of the war, and on March 17, 1939, a pact of frie
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Francisco de Vitoria
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...justification for Spain's conquests in the New World. Little is known of the early life of Francisco de Vitoria. He studied at Burgos and taught at the universities of Valladolid (1523-1526) and of Salamanca. At the latter institution, in 1539, he delivered...
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Fernán González
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fernán González , d. 970, first count of Castile. As count of Burgos from c.930 he took advantage of Leonese divisions and the war against the Moors to establish the virtual independence of Castile...
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Castile-León
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...oacute;n , autonomous region (1990 pop. 2,330,333), N central Spain, encompassing the provinces of Valladolid, Burgos, León, Salamanca, Zamora, Palencia, and Segovia. It was established as an autonomous region in 1983. This...
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