Isabella I

[Preston Pittman]

Kathy - since I posted my last response to you, I found a web site with a
short Bibliography of biographies of Isabella.  Of the books listed, I've
read the Peggy Liss and the Townsend Miller books - I enjoyed them both.  It
should be added that Isabella is a significant figure for the Camino, as she
did make the pilgrimage herself and financed alot of building of church
sites having to do with the Camino. (This is, if anyone who doesn't know, is
wondering why we are discussing Isabella).
peace,
Preston


>From: Preston Pittman <preston_pittmanaHOTMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
>To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
>Subject: Re: la & Ferdinand
>Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 13:33:19 -0500
>
>Hi Kathy - there are several good books about Isabel I.  One of my
>favorites
>(for readability and descriptions of the time) is by Nancy Rubin and I
>think
>the title is simply "Isabella of Castile" or something like that.  I don't
>know what happened to my copy so I can't provide ISBN, however I think it
>should be easy to find at Barnes & Noble or Amazon.  She is a remarkable
>and
>fascinating human being.  From what I've read about her she was sincerely
>and deeply religious but she also seemed to turn a blind eye at many abuses
>of power by the Church - namely the Inquisition.  She seems to have been
>profoundly in love with Ferdinand to her death.  She was very ambitious for
>her children and she was a great patroness of the arts in Spain.  A lot of
>Europe's major painters, music composers and architects worked on
>commissions for her.  She was very well educated and spoke several
>languages
>fluently.  It was also said that she could converse intelligently with
>Churchmen in Latin on theological issues.
>peace,
>Preston
>
>
>>From: Kathy Gower <kathygaCIIS.EDU>
>>Reply-To: kathygaCIIS.EDU
>>To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
>>Subject: la & Ferdinand
>>Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 08:34:42 -0800
>>
>>I am interested in finding out more about the "personalities" of Ferdinand
>>and in particular, Isabella.
>>
>>These two characters figure prominently in a certain stage of the life of
>>the camino...from the pilgrim's hospital turned parador in Santiago and on
>>back to their castle in Burgos where their daughter, Juana de Loca and her
>>husband, Philip the Fair lived for a time.
>>
>>Can any of you medieval scholars steer me in the right direction?
>
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