This work by Elizabeth Sanders seeks to illuminate some of the viewpoints expressed by William H. Prescott in his work History of Ferdinand and Isabella, as well as draw comparisons between Queen Isabella and another great female monarch of the 16th century: Queen Elizabeth I of England.

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Excerpt from Reviews of a Part of Prescott's History of Ferdinand and Isabella The interesting History of Ferdinand and Isabella has been too well received to need any laudatory comments of ours; and it is not without reluctance that we feel compelled to express out dissent from the author of a work so invaluable. In doing this however we object only to that small portion of the history where a parallel is drawn between the characters of Elizabeth of England and Isabella of Spain, two of the most illustrious sovereigns that ever graced a throne. The English queen had, from the beginning of her reign, to contend with nearly the whole of Christendom; whilst the religious belief of the Catholic queen not only accorded with that of her subjects, but with the religious creed of all the potentates of Europe, with the Roman pontiff at their bead. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.