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The Santa Compaña and soul processions: fear of the afterlife in the Middle Ages
The Santa Compaña and the soul processions are part of an imagery in which death, religious beliefs, and popular traditions have intermingled for centuries.
In the Middle Ages, communities lived wi...
The legends that shaped the world of the dead
During the Middle Ages, death occupied a constant place in people's li...
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Battle of Trafalgar: the naval confrontation between Napoleon and Great Britain
The Battle of Trafalgar, fought on October 21, 1805, off the coast of Cádiz, pitted the Franco-Spanish fleet against the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.The British victory, led by Ho...
The Road to Trafalgar
At the beginning of the 19th century, Napoleon Bonaparte sought to weaken Great Britain and pr...
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The struggle for territorial expansion and control between Muslims and Christians on the Iberian Peninsula
During the Middle Ages, the struggle for territorial expansion and control between Christian kingdoms and Muslim powers progressively transformed the political map of the Iberian Peninsula.
October...
October, a key month in the struggle for medieval expansion
Between the 11th and 14th centuries, the peninsular Chri...
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Blunderbusses: their history, what they are, and how many models existed
The blunderbuss was an antique firearm used primarily between the 17th and 19th centuries in various European countries and in contexts such as military, naval, cavalry, and hunting.
Its most recog...
The main types of blunderbusses and their characteristics
The blunderbuss was an antique firearm used primarily betw...
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From Rome to the Visigoths: 25 years that changed the West
Barely twenty-five years passed between the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains and the fall of the last Western Roman emperor, but it was a period of great political and military change, during which...
When Rome could still resist
By the mid-5th century, the Western Roman Empire was going through a stage of enormous ...
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Year 1000: the fear of the Apocalypse that swept through medieval Europe
What really happened around the year 1000 in medieval Europe? Was there a real fear of the end of the world, or is it an image constructed later on?
In this article, we review the beliefs regarding...
Belief in the end of the world
Although the fear of the end of the world might seem like a recent phenomenon—as it w...
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The Uprising: the rebellion that put England on the ropes
With its arrival in Spanish cinemas in October 2026, The Man Who Challenged the King will bring to the screen a rebellion that put the English monarchy in check and turned the streets of London int...
A medieval revolt hits the cinema with Andrew Garfield
On October 30, 2026, Spanish cinemas will welcome The Uprisin...
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The 1313 codex reveals the secrets of medieval life in Teruel
How were a community's rights defended over seven hundred years ago?Before modern archives made it easy to consult documentation, preserving a privilege granted by a king could be decisive when a d...
Seven centuries protecting rights and disputes
In 1313, in the heart of the Middle Ages, a manuscript began to be co...
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The Crown of Aragon changes course and conquers the Mediterranean
The history of the Crown of Aragon was marked by decisions that forced its monarchs to change strategy and seek new avenues of expansion.Over the course of just under two centuries, the political b...
Four dates that changed its history
In the 12th century, the Crown of Aragon was still establishing its position on ...
