Spanish Golden Age

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The Spanish Golden Age (Spanish: Siglo de Oro [ˈsiɣlo ðe ˈoɾo] 'Golden Century') was a period of intense artistic, literary, and intellectual flourishing in Spain that broadly coincided with the political rise of the Spanish monarchy under the Catholic Monarchs of Spain and the Spanish Habsburgs. The period is generally associated with the reigns of Isabella I, Ferdinand II, Charles V, Philip II, Philip III, and Philip IV, during which Spain became a leading political and military power. The Golden Age is conventionally considered to have begun in 1492, a year often treated as a turning point in Spanish history because it saw the completion of the Reconquista with the conquest of Granada, the first voyage of Christopher Columbus to the Americas, the establishment of the Inquisition, and the publication of Antonio de Nebrija's Grammar of the Castilian Language. Its political phase is often regarded as having ended in 1659 with the Treaty of the Pyrenees, although the period is commonly understood...

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