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  • 61Morisco — For the Portuguese wine grape, see Mourisco (grape). Moriscos (Spanish: [moˈɾiskos], Catalan: [muˈɾiskus]) or Mouriscos (Portuguese: [moˈɾiʃkuʃ], Galician: [mowˈɾiskos]), meaning Moorish , were the converted Christian… …

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  • 62Crown of Aragon — Corona d Aragón (Aragonese) Corona d Aragó (Catalan) Corona Aragonum (Latin) Corona de Aragón (Spanish) …

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  • 63Siete Partidas — The Siete Partidas (Seven Part Code) or simply Partidas was a Castilian statutory code first compiled during the reign of Alfonso X of Castile (1252 1284), with the intent of establishing a uniform body of normative rules for the kingdom. The… …

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  • 64La Decadència — The early modern period (late 15th or 16th 18th centuries) in Catalan literature and historiography, while extremely productive for Castilian writers of the Siglo de Oro, has been termed La Decadència (Catalan pronunciation: [ɫə ðəkəˈðɛnsiə] …

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  • 65Portugal — /pawr cheuh geuhl, pohr /; Port. /pawrdd too gahl /, n. a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 9,867,654; 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Cap.: Lisbon. * * * Portugal… …

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  • 66Spanish language — Romance language spoken in Spain and in large parts of the New World. It has more than 332 million speakers, including more than 23 million in the U.S. Its earliest written materials date from the 10th century, its first literary works from с… …

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  • 67Spanish Language and Literature — • As a medium of literary expression Spanish asserted itself first in the twelfth century: it had been six or seven centuries in the process of evolution out of Latin Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Spanish Language and Literature      …

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  • 68López de Ayala, Pedro — (1332–1407)    The most important Castilian literary figure of the 14th century was the historian, poet, and statesman Pedro López de Ayala. Ayala was a nobleman who served in the courts of four Castilian kings, rising to the rank of chancellor… …

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  • 69Galicia (Spain) — Galicia   Autonomous Community   Flag …

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  • 70John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster — This article is about the historical figure John of Gaunt. For places and organisations named after him, see John O Gaunt. John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster; Duke of Aquitaine Successor …

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