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(National Archives of Canada - Artist: John Verelst C-092421, C-092419, C-092417, C-092415) The Four Indian Kings' Speech to Her Majesty, published in London by John Baker. This is a transcription of the speech that the Four Kings made to Queen Anne on April 20, 1710. Pamphlet printed in London in 1710 which describes and depicts the Four Kings
Historiography of Spain generally treats this as the formation of the Kingdom of Spain, but officially speaking, the two kingdoms continued with their own separate institutions for more than two centuries. It was not until the Nueva Planta decrees of 1707–1716 that the two lands were formally merged into a single state.
For most of the remainder of the 1940s, Kelly wrote and edited her manuscript. In 1948, she sent the manuscript to Harvard University Press, who published the final product, Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings, in 1950. The book became #10 on the New York Times bestseller list - a first for the publisher - and stayed on the list for 13 ...
The four portraits were later transformed into mezzotint prints by artists, including Anglo-French printmaker John Simon (1675–1751), and sold widely. [2] The four portraits of these First Nations chiefs were initially displayed at Kensington Palace , then moved to Hampton Court Palace (where they appeared in an inventory of 1835).
Mexico's president-elect says Spain's king is not invited to her inauguration because the crown never answered an apology demand over its colonial legacy.
The current Spanish constitution refers to the monarchy as "The Crown" and the constitutional title of the monarch is simply rey/reina de España: [1] that is, "king/queen of Spain". However, the constitution allows for the use of other historic titles pertaining to the Spanish monarchy, [ 1 ] without specifying them.
Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (1549 – 28 March 1626 [1] or 27 March 1625 [2]) was a chronicler, historian, and writer of the Spanish Golden Age, author of Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos en las Islas y Tierra Firme del mar Océano que llaman Indias Occidentales ("General History of the Deeds of the Castilians on the Islands and Mainland of the Ocean Sea Known As the West ...
Old Spanish (roman, romançe, romaz; [3] Spanish: español medieval), also known as Old Castilian or Medieval Spanish, refers to the varieties of Ibero-Romance spoken predominantly in Castile and environs during the Middle Ages. The earliest, longest, and most famous literary composition in Old Spanish is the Cantar de mio Cid (c. 1140–1207).