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The Inter-Atlantic Paradigm: The Failure of Spanish Medieval Colonization of the Canary and Caribbean Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2009

Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo
Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo
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City University of New York
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The year 1492 in Spanish history is an unforgettable date. Within the span of a few months, Spain ended a struggle for political unity on the peninsula lasting centuries and embarked upon a colonial enterprise that was to encircle the globe. But 1492 seduces the imagination, inclining one to read history's momentous consequences into the minds of the protagonists at the time. The historian is tempted to make the actors of 1492 larger than life, multiplying the importance of their actions by the eventual consequences, but this would hinder an understanding of 1492 from the perspective of the people who experienced it.

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The Imperial State in the Middle Ages
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Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , July 1993 , pp. 515 - 543
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Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1993

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