Word: isabella
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...confreres by reflecting on the fact that he is a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor; Knight of the Austro-Hungarian Order of the Iron Crown; Chevalier of the Order of Pius IX; Commander of the Order of Jesus Christ of Portugal; Commander of , the Royal Spanish Order of Isabella La Catholica; Commander of the Hohenzollern House Order; Commander of the Royal Greek Saviour Order; Commander of the (Swedish) Wasa Order; Grand Officer of the Crown of Italy; and equipped with medals, crosses, stars...
Honored. La Argentina, Spanish dancer: with the Rosette of Isabella the Catholic, first decoration awarded by the Spanish Republic; in Madrid...
Tireless Torquemada was appointed by Ferdinand & Isabella to enforce the decree as Grand Inquisitor. He and his Holy Inquisition succeeded as few men have ever succeeded since the world began. Their work endured for more than 400 years. Not until last week was a Jewish couple married by a rabbi in Madrid "publicly...
...test case the wedding was a success. There was no riot. Said the bride, leaning on Moses Cohen's arm, "We are both descendants of Jewish families who were expelled from Spain in the time of Queen Isabella...
Thus people realized, last week, the unique continuity of Grand Inquisitor Torquemada's work in Spain. Queen Isabella was no more and possibly less pious than His Most Catholic Majesty King Alfonso XIII, now ousted (TIME, April 27). In every crisis Alfonso XIII turned for intercession to the Holy Virgin. When a Cabinet was sworn in by His Majesty it was always before the Crucifix and two twinkling candles (TIME, March 2). He never permitted Protestants to build places of worship in Spain in the form of a church or to advertise or indicate by any sign the places where...