Change Quote by Christopher Lascelles

“That Europe is coming to an end after thousands of years of a proud history is not due to the strength of the invaders,…

— Markus Willinger

“The origins of Aragon's independent history, and of the fundamental characteristics which differentiated it so sharply from Castile, are to be found in the…

— J. H. Elliott

The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater, and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence…

— Carroll Quigley

“Spain, for so long a mere geographical expression, was somehow transformed into an historical fact.”

— J. H. Elliott

“Most Europeans at the end of the fifteenth century considered religious unity a good idea, but only Spain’s rulers believed it was essential to…

— Phyllis Goldstein

“Differences between Catholic and Protestant countries did not incite rivalries between European states, or cause the growing sense of national identity and, sometimes, isolationism…

— Fiona MacDonald

Europe is standing on the brink of the greatest tragedy in the history of the human race: a new world war, that may involve…

— Vidkun Quisling

If the Africans and Arabs were ruling Spain from 711 to 1492, had they destroyed the Catholic church, they still would be ruling Spain…

— John Henrik Clarke

“Spain, the western extremity of the empire, of Europe, and of the ancient world, has, in every age, invariably preserved the same natural limits;…

— Edward Gibbon

“The seizure of the church and other lands and the closing of Catholic schools were among the developments that deeply disturbed many Spaniards on…

— Geoffrey Jensen

“Modern works have sought to distort the identity of the Moors in a futile effort to obliterate the fact that Africans had once conquered…

— Aylmer Von Fleischer

Our constancy, same might call it our madness, was necessary to wear down the oppressive forces of the old democracy which, in Spain, was…

— Federica Montseny