[Magdalen] Spanish Royaly.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Hmm?

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 1:15 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> It would be fascinating to see your slides. There are scanners that can
> transfer slides to Jpegs.
>
> I have some pictures which I want to put up on a site for everybody to be
> able to see. Anybody have any experience with that?
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I was sorting through some slides taken at Granada, Spain, years ago.
>>  They
>> are mostly of the Alhambra, but the Chapel Royal there contains the tombs
>> of
>> Ferdinand II & Isabella I
>>
>> I remembered that for Isabella, the greatest achievement of her reign  was
>> the driving of the Moors out of Spain.  However, she still bankrolled  the
>> European discovery of American via Columbus' voyages, and also by her
>> marriage to Ferdinand, united Aragon and Castille into what we now  call
>> Spain.
>>
>> Seeing the tabulation of the rulers of the multiple sections that make  up
>> modern Spain, I am bewildered by the complexity of the royal family
>> tree which I think surpasses that of England.  US history is a breeze
>> by comparison.  The Bourbons and the Hapsburgs are in the mix,  too.
>>
>>
>>
>> David S.
>>
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