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Definition of Isabella the Catholic

1. Noun. The queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isabella The Catholic

Literary usage of Isabella the Catholic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... to his sister Isabella the Catholic (1474). HISTORY.—We must depend principally on legend for information about the origin of the Aragonese monarchy. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... to his sister Isabella the Catholic (1474). HISTORY.—We must depend principally on legend for information about the origin of the Aragonese monarchy. ..."

3. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"Queen Isabella the Catholic knew well this rule of life, as well as all the others, and to a shrewd favour of this kind from her the Great Captain won his ..."

4. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"Queen Isabella the Catholic knew well this rule of life, as well as all the others, and to a shrewd favour of this kind from her the Great Captain won his ..."

5. The Methodist Review (1845)
"History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic.— 3 vols, 8vo. New-York: Harper & Brothers. PRESCOTT'S historical writings have, ..."

6. Annals of the Artists of Spain by William Stirling Maxwell (1848)
"NOTICES OF EARLY ART TO THE END OF THE REIGN OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC, 1516. HE most venerable specimens of Spanish art, which rewarded the ..."

7. The Methodist Review (1845)
"History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic.— 3 vols, 8vo. New-York: Harper & Brothers. PRESCOTT'S historical writings have, ..."

8. Annals of the Artists of Spain by William Stirling Maxwell (1848)
"NOTICES OF EARLY ART TO THE END OF THE REIGN OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC, 1516. HE most venerable specimens of Spanish art, which rewarded the ..."

9. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1888)
"Caesar, in his impatience to escape, was unable to wait for the right moment ; and the death of Isabella the Catholic, which might have been the hour of his ..."

10. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1888)
"Caesar, in his impatience to escape, was unable to wait for the right moment ; and the death of Isabella the Catholic, which might have been the hour of his ..."

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