Other 1492: Ferdinand, Isabella, and the Making of an Empire

Iberian Culture in the Fifteenth Century (1x6)

Air date: Mar 20, 2002

15th-century Iberian culture was saturated with Italian humanist thought and strengthened by the growth of a lettered nobility. Conventions of grammar, etiquette, and chivalry informed the popular genre of romance novels, and hierarchically arranged festivals became part of the art of ruling.