Few Washingtonians may have noticed, but likenesses of Queen Isabella I of Castile, the most dynamic and arguably most controversial female ruler of late medieval Europe, are scattered throughout the ...

A major biography of Queen Isabella of Spain who not only transformed her country into a global power, but was also responsible for the Spanish Inquisition and endorsed the journey of Christopher ...

Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald co-wrote "Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life" (Courtesy Princeton University Press and Bearwalk) Who was Isabella Stewart Gardner? It’s a question that Diana ...

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