Iberia - Spain & Portugal

An online class from the Bibliothè que Nationale de France discussing al-Idrisi, his atlas, and the Mediterran ean world of the 12th century.

Promotes research in all aspects and epochs of Iberian history and related discipline s.

An online library of Hispanic culture.

Informatio n about thousands of castles and forts in Spain.

The city of Córdoba was the setting for an unusual historical drama that unfolded between the years 850 and 859, when forty-eight Christians were decapitated for religious offenses against Islam. Our intention is to approach Eulogius' writings more critically and thus more narrowly, using them to answer questions about Eulogius himself. In the first place, we will seek to determine what prompted a priest like Eulogius to lend his literary support to something as unusual and controversial as a series of unprovoked martyrdoms.

Published by the Federal Research Division of the U.S. Library of Congress as part of the Country Studies/Area Handbook Series sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army between 1986 and 1998, offering a comprehensive description and analysis of the historical setting, geography, society, economy, political system, and foreign policy.

These links connect to Western European primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. They shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history. The order of documents is chronological wherever possible. These open access sources are readily available to all -- without fees or subscriptions.

The history of philosophy in Spain up to the 20th century.

Contains maps, literature, documents, books and other relevant material concerning the past, present and future of historic cities and facilitates the location of similar content on the web.

Ancient, pre-Romane sque, Romanesque , Mudéjar, Gothic, and Islamic - Spanish art and architectu re.

A friendly research group for people interested in all aspects of Iberian life in the Middle Ages and the Renaissanc e.

Discussion of Spanish personas, focusing not only on Christian Spaniards, but also Moorish, Hebrew, Basque, Roman, Iberian, and other cultural and religious groups that were part of Spanish history before 1600 A.D. Persona research, including the cultures, languages, clothing, names and heraldry of Spain.

Alphonso X's Book of Games is an invaluable source of information on games of the past. It was commissioned between 1251 and 1282 by Alphonso X, King of Leon and Castile.