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	Castile - LoveToKnow 1911
		CASTILE, or Castille (Castilla), an ancient kingdom of Spain, occupying the central districts of the Iberian Peninsula; and bounded on the N. by the Bay of Biscay, N.E. by the Basque Provinces and Navarre, E. by Aragon, S.E. by Valencia and Murcia, S. by Andalusia, W. by Estremadura and Leon, and N.W. by Asturias.
		The name Castile is commonly said to be derived from the numerous frontier forts (castillos) erected in the middle ages as a defence against the Moors.
		In both the Castiles the central plateau has a naturally fertile soil, for after rain a luxuriant vegetation appears; but drought is common, owing to the insufficient volume of the rivers, and the failure of the Spaniards to extend the fine system of irrigation which the Moors originated.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Castile (938 words)

	Castile and Aragon
		Old Castile is in outline an irregular triangle, the western frontier bordering on the ancient Kingdom of Leon, the south-eastern boundary being the Sierras de Gredos, Guadarrama, and the Moncayo (Mons Caunus), and the north-eastern, the river Ebro.
		Old Castile forms the highest plateau of Spain, perhaps of Europe, the mean height being 880 feet.
		Castile, with the title of king, was given to Ferdinand, who had married Sancha, the sister of Bermudo, who was to have married García Sánchez, the last independent count.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/a/aragon,castile_and.html (2877 words)

	Castile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kingdom of Castile, the historical kingdom from the 9th to the 13th century.
		Crown of Castile, the historical Kingdom formed in 1230 from the union of the Kingdom of Castile and Kingdom of León.
		Castile (historical region), an abstract and not totally defined region in the geographical center of Spain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Castile (233 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Castile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The soil of Castile, ravaged by centuries of erosion, is poor, and rainfall is sparse.
		Old Castile at first was a county of the kingdom of León, with Burgos its capital.
		In 1479, after Isabella I had defeated the dynastic claims of Juana la Beltraneja, a personal union of Castile and Aragón was established under Isabella and her husband, Ferdinand II of Aragón.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/Castile.asp (544 words)

	Burgos, Spain (Capital) - LoveToKnow 1911
		BURGOS, the capital formerly of Old Castile, and since 1833 of the Spanish province of Burgos, on the river Arlanzon, and on the Northern railways from Madrid to the French frontier.
		The citadel was founded in 884 by Diego Rodriguez Porcelos, count of Castile; in the loth century it was held against the kings of Leon by Count Fernan Gonzalez, a mighty warrior; and even in 1812 it was successfully defended by a French garrison against Lord Wellington and his British troops.
		Other noteworthy buildings in Burgos are the late 15th century Casa del Cordon, occupied by the captain-general of Old Castile; the Casa de Miranda, which worthily represents the best domestic architecture of Spain in the 16th century; and the barracks, hospitals and schools.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Burgos,_Spain_(Capital) (1115 words)

	castileleon
		Old Castile, which derived its name from the large number of castles built on its frontier with the Moors, was under the suzerainty of the kings of Asturias and Leon from the 8th century to 1035, when Ferdinand I established a unified kingdom.
		Ferdinand III (of Castile and León), called The Saint (1199-1252), king of Castile (1217-52) and of León (1230-52); he was the son of King Alfonso IX of León and Castile.
		Henry II (of Castile and León) (1333?-79), known as Henry (Enrique) of Trastamara, king of Castile and León (1369-79), born in Seville.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/castileleon.htm (3906 words)

	Castile
		A former kingdom of Spain, Castile comprises the two regions of Old Castile in north-western Spain, and New Castile in the centre of the country.
		The capture of Toledo in 1085 added New Castile[?] to the crown's territories, and the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) heralded the Muslim loss of most of the south.
		The dynastic union of Castile and Aragón in 1479, when Ferdinand II of Aragon wed Isabella I of Castile, led to the formal creation of Spain as a single entity in 1516.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ca/Castile.html (111 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Old Catholics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Old Catholics OLD CATHOLICS [Old Catholics] Christian denomination established by German Catholics who separated themselves from the Roman Catholic Church when they rejected (1870) the decrees of the First Vatican Council, especially the dogma of the infallibility of the pope.
		Old Testament OLD TESTAMENT [Old Testament] Christian name for the Hebrew Bible, which serves as the first division of the Christian Bible (see New Testament).
		Catholics in the Old South: Essays on Church and Culture.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/09530.html (750 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Castile
		Sancho the Great of Navarre took possession of Castile on the death of Sancho Garcia's son, and his son Ferdinand I united Leon and Castile which were later separated and reunited under Alfonso VI whose daughter Urraca became first queen.
		Alfonso VIII (1158-1214) definitely freed New Castile from the Moslem yoke in the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212), commemorated annually by the Church in Spain on 16 July as "El Triumfo de la Santa Cruz" (The Triumph of the Holy Cross).
		Castile and Leon were united decisively under Saint Ferdinand III (1219-1252) who regained from the Moors all but the kingdom of Granada.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/ncd01714.htm (319 words)

	Old & New Castile Travel Guide \| Fodor's Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Castile is more accurately labeled Old and New Castile, the former (Castilla y León) north of Madrid, the latter (Castilla-La Mancha) south -- known as "New" because it was captured from the Moors a bit later.
		Many of the region's architects were similarly fanciful: Castile in the 15th and 16th centuries was the center of the plateresque, an ornamental stone-carving style of extraordinary intricacy, named for its resemblance to silverwork.
		Burgos was the 11th-century capital of Castile and the native city of El Cid ("Lord Conqueror"), Spain's legendary hero of the Christian Reconquest.
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=castile@260&cur_section=ove (510 words)

	Chapter 9: Madrid and the Spanish Economy
		Old Castile disappeared completely, as did most of the towns northeast of the capital that had been Madrid's wine suppliers for 50 years before 1630.
		These reiterate the dependence of the city on Old Castile and the thinness of supplies in the region near the city.
		Wine moved north through Old Castile to the mountains; meat and fish traveled the reverse route into Old Castile; and grain was hauled north to Cantabria and Santander from the Tierra de Campos.
	libro.uca.edu /ringrose/mad9.htm (4889 words)

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		Castilian is an Ibero-Romance dialect, originating in north-central parts of the Iberian peninsula (Castilla Vieja or Old Castile), on the basis of which developped the Standard Spanish language.
		In the late 10th century Castile was politically consolidated as a county with its capital at Burgos.
		In some parts of Old Castile the phenomenon is related to the distinction countable (árbol ‘tree’, coche ‘car’, perro ‘dog’) and uncountable (agua 'water', café 'coffee') nouns, with le or les being used whenever the antecedent is a (masculine) countable noun, cf.:
	www.orbilat.com /Languages/Spanish-Castilian/Castilian.htm (972 words)

	Madrid - Search View - MSN Encarta
		The city of Madrid is located in the historic region of New Castile near the geographic center of the Iberian Peninsula.
		In the 14th and 15th centuries, the kings of Castile used Madrid’s Alcázar, a fortress built by the Moors, as a hunting lodge.
		Philip II rarely traveled out of Castile, and to govern his distant provinces effectively, he needed a permanent base for his large staff of secretaries, lawyers, accountants, and bureaucrats.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761552454__1/Madrid.html (5917 words)

	New Castile
		New Castile - so called because it was retaken from the Moors at a later date than Old Castile - corresponds almost exactly to the modern Castilla-La Mancha.
		Its northern limit with Old Castile is the Cordillera Central, the string of mountain ranges which runs around the north of Madrid, including the Sierra de Gredos and the Sierra Carpetana, on which El Escorial was built.
		The southern boundary of New Castile is the Sierra Morena in the north of Andalusia, while to west and east it borders on Extremadura and the Valencia region, respectively, the Cuenca Serranía being its geographical limit in the east.
	www.spainforvisitors.com /sections/newcastile.htm (935 words)

	Old Castile
		Old Castile and León is the essence of the meseta, Spain's central plateau, baked in summer and frozen in winter.
		The old cathedral city of Burgos on the N1 road between Madrid and Bilbao is often omitted by visitors, which is a shame, as it is as handsome and historic a city as you will find.
		The old university city of Salamanca is one of the most rewarding visits to be made in Spain.
	spainforvisitors.com /sections/oldcastile.htm (831 words)

	CASTILE, or CASTILLE (... - Online Information article about CASTILE, or CASTILLE (...
		capture of Toledo in 1o85, and the consequent formation of a New Castile, the kingdom comprised the whole of central Spain.
		America, is spoken in Old and New Castile, Aragon, Estremadura, and the greater part of Leon; in Andalusia it is subject to various modifications of See also:
		CASTILE AND LEON TILL THE UNION WITH ARAGON
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CAR_CAU/CASTILE_or_CASTILLE_Castilla_.html (1511 words)

	Old Castile (Eng.) - Jo's TravelBytes
		Old Castile is the area above Madrid, delimited by Ávila, Burgos, Logroño, Palencia, Segovia and Soria.
		Geographically speaking Old Castile roughly matches the basin of the Douro River.
		The old bishopstown El Burgo de Osma lies a 100 miles north of Madrid.
	users.telenet.be /johan.jacobs2/E_Pag_Spa_OldCastile.htm (805 words)

	Fort Tours \| Wise County Historical Markers
		Old settlers invited both the Confederate veterans and Wise County pioneers to an 1881 reunion at Cold Springs.
		By 1900 it extended to three days - honoring old settlers on the first, the veterans on the second, and daughters and sons of Confederates on the third.
		This was the second line of defense for the frontier which backed up the line of old U.S. posts located 105 miles to the west.
	www.forttours.com /pages/hmwise.asp (3990 words)

	The Genealogy of Mexico
		Alferez, native of the city of Salamanca in Castile, son of Licentiate Antonio de Benavides, chief waiter of the governor, with full armor for himself and horse.
		Native of the town of Niebla in Castile, son of Alonso Marquez, of medium stature, gray bearded, 50 years of age, contador and treasurer of the expedition, appeared with a servant and with complete armor for himself and horse.
		Native of Condado of Niebla in Castile or Condado de San Juan del Puerto, of good stature, chestnut colored beard, 27 years of age, son of Francisco Diaz Villalobos, with armor for himself and horse except for cuisses and headpiece for the horse.
	www.members.tripod.com /~GaryFelix/index5E.htm (8229 words)

	Romances del Cid
		Castile was a sparsely populated borderland between the Duero and Ebro rivers, constantly threatened because of its proximity to the Islamic kingdoms to the south.
		This area was the heart of old Castile, just south of the Ebro and at the time of Rodrigo's birth perhaps only a hard day's ride north of the contested borderlands.
		Historical documents in Latin, Arabic, and Old Spanish make reference to the Cid: a valued warrior for Fernando I, henchman of Fernando's son Sancho, the sometime favorite/sometime banished scapegoat of Alfonso VI's court, and the conqueror of Valencia.
	uwp.edu /~mcnair/romancesdelcid (1738 words)

	Volume 1, Chapter 24
		The soil of Old Castile, though inferior to that of several other parts of Spain, is, generally speaking, superior to France, and most other parts of Europe; and industry is alone wanting to bring it to a high state of forwardness.
		Besides these principal rivers Old Castile has a number of inferior ones, amongst which are the Arlançon, Arlanca, Nazarilla, Valtayo Buryo, and the Paz, which runs through the fertile valley of the same name, and of whose waters the inhabitants have taken advantage to carry irrigation to a high state of perfection.
		Old Castille has several considerable towns, but the present state of uncertainty (as to who shall eventually remain master of the country, as well as the natural indolence of the Spaniards,) paralyzes all industry; and hence the towns in general present the appearance of lifeless stupor.
	www.napoleonic-literature.com /Book_27/Chapter_24.htm (1501 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - - ARCHIVE - Royal Court of Castile and Leon
		Blanche de Trastamara, Infanta and Duchess of Nara is Regent of Castile and Leon during the King's absence.
		Born in 1405 at Toro, Juan II came to power in 1419 at the age of 14 with the support of a large element of the nobility opposed to the schemes of the Queen Dowager.
		Maria is the heir to the Castilian throne.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/printthread.php?t=48479 (4387 words)

	Spain - In Old Castile
		The modern Province of Santander is the renowned Montana, the mountain lair which nourished the chivalry of Old Castile, and from which they made wild sallies to the south, troop after troop, generation after generation, until the Moorish standards were beaten back from the plains about Toledo to the Sierras of Andalusia.
		In the low-vaulted, mighty-pillared, deep-shadowed crypt under the old cathedral, a crypt that is the very haunt of religious mystery and dread, we came upon a penitent kneeling before the altar, a bit of written paper pinned to her back.
		One of the proudest families of Old Castile, they claimed descent from the Cid, and cherished the memory of another heroic ancestor, who, in 1385, sacrificed his life to save his king.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles25/spain-21.shtml (3746 words)

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		The houses in the old Moorish city were covered with gaudy spring flowers, the streets carpeted and shaded with hundreds of tapestries.
		As the statue passed the house of one of the wealthiest Conversos, a girl threw a bucketful of dirty water from one of the upper windows.
		There was a horrified silence, then a roar of indignation, and cries of "Sacrilege!" and the old cry of "Death to the Marranos!" A flsmith named Rodriguez set fire to the Converso's house with the taper he was carrying.
	www.jrbooksonline.com /DOCs/Isabella_ch06_extract.doc (1270 words)

	Castilian Plateresque
		It was in the much more heavily populated dominions of the Crown of Castile, suddenly thrust into the stupendous American venture, that practically all the dynamic spirit and drive of the times were concentrated, and so it is there that the most characteristic works of this historic period are to be found.
		The second of these regions is New Castile, or the basin of the Tagus; here new intellectual circles had been formed around the University of Alcalandaacute; de Henares and the ecclesiastical capital of the country, Toledo.
		Just as New Castile was the heir to Old Castile, and the University of Alcalandaacute; to the University of Salamanca, so the architecture of this region owed much to the Plateresque, although it showed fewer archaisms and was much more modern in spirit.
	www.fll.vt.edu /Culture-Civ/Spanish/texts/cultural/art/architecture/text1.html (2728 words)

	Madrid Cuisine - by food author Howard Hillman
		"Castile" encompasses Old Castile north and New Castile south of Madrid.
		Madrid is the top all around food city in the area comprising Madrid, Old Castile and New Castile.
		Segovia and Toledo in Old Castile region are the runners-up.
	www.hillmanwonders.com /cuisines/madrid_cuisine.htm (287 words)

	Chapter 12: Madrid and the Spanish Economy
		Valladolid was the center of interurban activity in Old Castile.
		The population increased gradually--although the margin of error in the earlier estimates is large--and the rapid growth of the coastal districts renders expansion in the interior a bit shadowy.
		All over Old Castile, regional economies expanded in the first two-thirds of the eighteenth century without the growth of the provincial urban centers that marked the sixteenth century.
	libro.uca.edu /ringrose/mad12.htm (11048 words)

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