HIS 3328 History Of Spain I
Survey of Spanish history from antiquity through the reign of the Catholic monarchs. Topics include the Romanization of the Iberian peninsula, the development of Spain's national characteristics and sense of purpose through the long medieval conflict--known as the Reconquest--between the Christian and
Islamic kingdoms, Spain's cultural achievements in the thirteenth century, Aragon's
expansion into the Mediterranean and the unification of the four Spanish kingdoms
by Ferdinand and Isabel.