# The Reconquista's Long Shadow — How Iberian Religious War Shaped Colonial Latin America In the year 711, a Umayyad army crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and w…

# Habsburg Spain and the Price Revolution — When Silver Becomes a Poison The Spanish Empire at its peak in the sixteenth century controlled more silver than an…

# The Spanish Silver Real — First Global Currency In 1545, Spanish conquistadors discovered a mountain in modern-day Bolivia so rich in silver it seemed impos…