History Review, December 1st, 1998
Historians of Catholic Monarchs have praised the contributions of the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella, Queen of Castile and Ferdinand, King of Aragon. Contemporary writers and biographers selected them as the ideal monarchs who brought greatness to their country. They saw the end of civil war and the restoring of royal justice. They unified the Spanish Kingdoms and created an overseas empire.
In assessing the achievements of the Catholic Monarchs, Geoffrey Woodward has to distinguish between propagandist myth and historical reality in order to reach a verdict.
Historians have long admired the ac...
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