Isabella of Castile was not just one of the most influential women in history - she was one of the most influential people in history. She created modern Spain, and financed the expeditions of Christopher Columbus to South America. Thanks to Isabella, Spanish is one of the top 4 most widely spoken languages, and Roman Catholicism the most popular branch of Christianity.

Sources/Further Reading

Downey, Kirsten: Isabella- The Warrior Queen

Tremlett, Giles: Isabella of Castile- Europe’s First Great Queen

Reston, James Jr: Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition, and the Defeat of the Moors

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Isabella of Castile was not just one of the most influential women in history - she was one of the most influential people in history. She created modern Spain, and financed the expeditions of Christopher Columbus to South America. Thanks to Isabella, Spanish is one of the top 4 most widely spoken languages, and Roman Catholicism the most popular branch of Christianity.

Sources/Further Reading

Downey, Kirsten: Isabella- The Warrior Queen

Tremlett, Giles: Isabella of Castile- Europe’s First Great Queen

Reston, James Jr: Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition, and the Defeat of the Moors

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Isabella of Castile was not just one of the most influential women in history - she was one of the most influential people in history. She created modern Spain, and financed the expeditions of Christopher Columbus to South America. Thanks to Isabella, Spanish is one of the top 4 most widely spoken languages, and Roman Catholicism the most popular branch of Christianity.

Sources/Further Reading

Downey, Kirsten: Isabella- The Warrior Queen

Tremlett, Giles: Isabella of Castile- Europe’s First Great Queen

Reston, James Jr: Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition, and the Defeat of the Moors

https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/07/20/the-tortures-of-the-spanish-inquisition-hold-dark-lessons-for-our-time/

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Isabella of Castile was not just one of the most influential women in history - she was one of the most influential people in history. She created modern Spain, and financed the expeditions of Christopher Columbus to South America. Thanks to Isabella, Spanish is one of the top 4 most widely spoken languages, and Roman Catholicism the most popular branch of Christianity.

Sources/Further Reading

Downey, Kirsten: Isabella- The Warrior Queen

Tremlett, Giles: Isabella of Castile- Europe’s First Great Queen

Reston, James Jr: Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition, and the Defeat of the Moors

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In 1141 there occurred a war within a war- known as the War of the Two Matildas. The main contestants of the Civil War known as The Anarchy were King Stephen and the Empress Matilda, but when Stephen was captured and imprisoned his wife the Queen Matilda kept his cause alive. For almost a year Matilda led her troops, defeating the Empress and driving her out of first London and then Winchester. A lesser known and underrated Queen, Matilda of Boulogne was a highly intelligent woman who hid her backbone of steel behind a facade of graciousness and smiles.

Sources/Further Reading

Weir, Alison: Queens of the Conquest

Bennet Connolly, Sharon: Women of the Anarchy

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In 1141 there occurred a war within a war- known as the War of the Two Matildas. The main contestants of the Civil War known as The Anarchy were King Stephen and the Empress Matilda, but when Stephen was captured and imprisoned his wife the Queen Matilda kept his cause alive. For almost a year Matilda led her troops, defeating the Empress and driving her out of first London and then Winchester. A lesser known and underrated Queen, Matilda of Boulogne was a highly intelligent woman who hid her backbone of steel behind a facade of graciousness and smiles.

Sources/Further Reading

Weir, Alison: Queens of the Conquest

Bennet Connolly, Sharon: Women of the Anarchy

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We’ve all heard of the Great Wall of China, one of the wonders of the world, but did you know part of it was built to keep out a warrior Queen? Mandukhai the Wise led the Mongols for almost 40 years - the first 10 as an independent regent and the next 30 alongside her young husband who looked to her for advice. She instilled fear into the Chinese Ming Court and defeated powerful male warlords, working to forge a united Mongol nation.

Sources/Further Reading

Weatherford, Jack: The Secret History of The Mongol Queens

Morton, Nicholas: The Mongol Storm

Man, John: The Mongol Empire

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We’ve all heard of the Great Wall of China, one of the wonders of the world, but did you know part of it was built to keep out a warrior Queen? Mandukhai the Wise led the Mongols for almost 40 years - the first 10 as an independent regent and the next 30 alongside her young husband who looked to her for advice. She instilled fear into the Chinese Ming Court and defeated powerful male warlords, working to forge a united Mongol nation.

Sources/Further Reading

Weatherford, Jack: The Secret History of The Mongol Queens

Morton, Nicholas: The Mongol Storm

Man, John: The Mongol Empire

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Sibylla of Jerusalem was the third of five reigning Queens of Jerusalem - but she was also the one who lost the city of Jerusalem. She was not born or raised to rule, and she struggled to maintain control of her Kingdom.

Sources/Further Reading

Pangonis, Katherine: Queens of Jerusalem- The Women Who Dared To Rule

Montefiore, Simon Sebastian: Jerusalem - The Biography

Jones, Dan: Crusaders- An Epic War for the History of the Holy Lands

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Sibylla of Jerusalem was the third of five reigning Queens of Jerusalem - but she was also the one who lost the city of Jerusalem. She was not born or raised to rule, and she struggled to maintain control of her Kingdom.

Sources/Further Reading

Pangonis, Katherine: Queens of Jerusalem- The Women Who Dared To Rule

Montefiore, Simon Sebastian: Jerusalem - The Biography

Jones, Dan: Crusaders- An Epic War for the History of the Holy Lands

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