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

Europe and the New World in 1492 (1x1)

Fecha de emisión: Mar 20, 2002

The historian Walter Benjamin wrote that "every document of civilization is also a document of barbarity." This lecture broadly evaluates 1492 as an era of great creativity and great destruction, and describes the governing institutions that enabled Castile to take the lead role in both processes.