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=The Uniters Of Spain and The Creators of the Inquisition=


 * Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand**

__**Isabella**__ Queen Isabella was born in the city of Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Ávila on April 22, 1451 and died on November 26, 1504 in Medina del Campo, Valladolid. Isabella spent most of her in Arevalo. She moved there with her mother when her brother took the throne.

Isabella was most famous for uniting Spain and laying the foundations for a powerful spanish empire. Spain at that time was in turmoil as Portugal, Castile, Aragon and the Moors fought each other to control Spain. But Isabella stepped into the scene and united Spain by marrying her husband, Ferdinand. This marked the unification of Castile and Aragon so Portugal was forced to surrender. Next were the Moors. Ferdinand and Isabella would launch a military campaign that pin the Moors down into one city called Granada. There they were left in peace but had to pay tributes to Spain. During her reign, Isabella transformed Spain into one of the powerhouses of Europe. She lessened the power of the nobles, made fair laws, changed the system of the courts and administrations of justice was always thinking of the interest of her people. Isabella was also famous for establishign the Spanish Inquisition. The Spanish Inquisition searched for Jews, and non-christians and forced them to convert to Christianity or they would get tortured or executed.


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King Ferdinand was a great ruler who was born on March 10 1452. But he sadly had a tragic death in 1516. He was from the Spanish kingdom of Aragon so he ruled Spain inspiring many people. Well he was all powerful but he still needed some help. Later on in his life, Ferdinand married a beautiful girl from Castile who people call, Isabella.You might think that kings were lazy and big jerks, but he was much more. He impacted Spain more than most kings have ever done. His biggest accomplishment was making Spain a united christian country. For people who were true to being Catholic. If the did not get killed they would get banished, He had many more accomplishments after that. For example.======


 * ======He conquered Castile======


 * ======He drove out all the Muslims in Spain======


 * ======Most of all he married Isabella======

One other big thing was he started the Spanish Inquisition which was where King Ferdinand would search the whole of Spain for non-Christians. But if they did not want to convert into Christians they would probably get killed or get banned from Spain.

__**Here is our Script**__ Isabella Interview Script Reporter: Hi guys, today we have something very special in store for you on PeenTween FM. Today I, Bob Jones will travel back in time to interview the famous royal couple, Ferdinand and Isabella. If you're wondering who on earth they are, well you'll find out today! Stay tuned!

Reporter: Ok, I've just traveled back in time to the renaissance period and now I'm walking to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand's palace in spain.

Reporter: I'm at the gates but it seems the guards won't let me in. Hold up. I'll show em some magic.

Reporter: Look, I can make fire!

Guards: Oooh aahhhh. Ok Stranger, we'll let you in but we'll be keeping an eye on you.

Reporter: Ok, I'm in and now I'm heading towards the throne room to begin the interview.(pause for awhile) Ok I've found it and I'm going in right now to to interview King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.

Ferdinand and Isabella: WHO ARE YOU?

Reporter: Don't fear your majesties. I'm from the future and I want to interview you.

Ferdinand: The future?

Reporter: Yep, let's get started shall we?

Reporter: So I’m with Queen Isabella here in the past

Reporter:Your majesty, how was life like in the renaissance?

Isabella: Oh trust me it was hard, many people didn’t know how to read or write but slowly people are learning the language. It was hard to communicate to some people.

Reporter: Sounds Tough. How was your family and were they strict?

Isabella: My dad controlled the family and he was very strict. He always demands us to do something well and that’s how I become who I am now, Queen Isabella of Spain!

Reporter: I see. Interesting stuff there your majesty. Now lets go interview King

Ferdinand. King Ferdinand your majesty, what do you have to say?

Ferdinand: Hello I have to say a lot of things to the people of the 21st century.

Reporter: (laugh) Go ahead.

Ferdinand: Well, you should know that my father keeps blabbering about how the plague was here and how we are all changed by the inventions and ideas.

Reporter: There’s one thing that’s been on my mind for a while since I came here. What does renaissance mean? It seems like a complicated word.

Ferdinand: I think it means rebirth.

Reporter: Rebirth? Rebirth of what do you think?

Ferdinand: The rebirth of humanist and Scholars, which brought new ideas and inventions.

Reporter: Interesting. What do you see when you walk around the city? Ferdinand: Markets, and Huge churches. Usually I see some people getting painted on a portrait and a lot of people selling paintings.

Reporter: I see. Is it true that many people thought that Humanists invented things that people don’t like. Ferdinand: Well yes and no, because the people like them to invent things to help people in their daily lives. But what they don’t like is are the inventions to distort their religion and the church.

Reporter: Ok now we'll move on to the personal interviews

Interviewer: So Isabella, lets get things started with the basics. When were you born?

Isabella: Well, I was born in April 22 1451.

Interviewer: Wow you are extremely old!

Ferdinand: (chuckle)

Isabella: Excuse me?

Interviewer: Oh I'm sorry your majesty but I'm from the future. Now can you tell me about your family?

Isabella: Well, my father was John II of Castile and my mother was Isabella of Portugal. Oh how I miss them.

Interviewer: Oh and I heard that you and your brother hated each other.

Isabella: Well yes but it wasn't like this in the beginning. I hated him because he chose my husband. I refused to marry his choice so he hated me and named his daughter Joan of Portugal as the heir to the throne. When he died in 1474, I married my lovely Ferdinand and together we went to war against Portugal. Joan surrendered so I became the queen!

Ferdinand: I remember that day...

Interviewer: Wow, interesting there. I heard that after the war, Spain was united?

Isabella: Correct

Interviewer:What major accomplishments have you made?

Isabella: Well, marrying Ferdinand. (laugh)

Interviewer: (laugh) Well I guess that could be considered a big achievement

Ferdinand: Yep

Isabella: Ok serious stuff now. Banning all religions except Christianity was probably a big thing. Getting the Pope to start the Spanish Inquisition is my best accomplishment. Capturing the Arab city of Granada was also a major one.... Oooh wait! My best achievement is winning Spain the award of best administered country in Europe!

Interviewer: Amazing stuff there your majesty but I'm just curious about the Spanish Inquisition you just mentioned?

Isabella: Oh that? That was an effort to get everyone to become a Catholic. If they weren't a Catholic, they'd get tortured and killed!

Interviewer: Sounds a bit harsh.

Isabella: Servers em right for not being a Catholic!

Interviewer: And how did you make Spain the best administered country in Europe?

Isabella: Oh that's a piece of cake. I made fair laws and made sure everyone was equal. Nobles had less power so they couldn't abuse the ordinary people. I also re-organized the courts and administrations of justice to make sure it was fair.

Interviewer: I would love to have you as my ruler.

Isabella: (laugh) Thank you for your compliment.

Interviewer: We in the future would also like to thank you for funding the Columbus expedition. Without your backing, America would never have been discovered and the world would be so different.

Isabella: Aww, now you're just being too nice.

Interviewer:Ok now I'm going to ask you about your family with Ferdinand. How many children do you have?

Isabella: 5 children. Their names are Isabella, John, Joan, Maria and Catherine. Sadly most of them went nuts or died. I don't know why because I educated them well.

Interviewer: That's sad to hear. Well, thank you for your time your majesty.

Bob the Interviewer: Ok, now we're going to see King Ferdinand's point of view! Your majesty, is it true that you took over your own wives country of Castile?

King Ferdinand: Well, yeah I guess so. I try to conquer as many countries as I can and Castile was one of the easiest.

Isabella: You never conquered Castile! You took Castile because you married me.

Ferdinand: Same thing

Bob the Interviewer: I see. And what would you say is the best thing you've ever done?

King Ferdinand: Hmm tough question but I must say my biggest accomplishment was making the whole of Spain a united Christian country.

Bob the Interviewer: Wow. You did that with help from your wife right?

King Ferdinand: Of course.

Bob the interviewer: I see. And let's see your point of view of the Spanish Inquisition. What did you do to the people who wouldn't convert to Christianity in Spain?

King Ferdinand: Usually banishment but occasionally they get killed

Bob the interviewer: You seem to treat it like it's a joke.

King Ferdinand: (laugh) Oh do I? Well it was pretty fun at times.

Bob the Interviewer: I heard that most of your children died?

King Ferdinand: Yeah my son and most of my kids went nuts.

King Ferdinand: Only my other five kids survived after I died.

Bob the Interviewer: That's sad to hear. Well let's move on to brighter things. Is it true you defeated the last muslim group in Spain?

King Ferdinand: Yep. We actually just drove them off to another land but they aren’t in Spain and that is all that matters.

Bob the Interviewer: Pardon me your majesty but it seems like you're a quiet man.

King Ferdinand: Yeah, I guess I am 'cause I let my wife do most of the work. She seems much more smarter than me.

Isabella: That's true. I'm the one that does the dirty work.

Bob the Interviewer: Thanks for your time your majesty.

Bob the Interviewer: That was it folks, all straight from the famous royal couple, Ferdinand and Isabella. They were one of Spain's greatest rulers who laid the foundations for a mighty empire. Now everyone knows who they are. This was Bob Jones from PeenTween FM, Ms. Seangs #1 hit radio station. Have a nice day!

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