Between two kings: Juan Carlos I and Felipe VI
In these days in which we have experienced the abdication and transfer of power between two Spanish Kings, Juan Carlos I and his son Felipe VI, I have coincidentally come across the case of another King who almost 1,000 years ago also abdicated, although he did it in a different way: Ferdinand I of Leon. [...]
It seems that the Holy Grail is in León.
Not long ago Margarita Torres Sevilla, professor of Medieval History at the University of León, heard from Doctor Gustavo Turienzo, PhD in Arabic Philology from the Complutense University of Madrid and member of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies of the Complutense University, the story about some documents that, by chance, he had found [...]
Lion, the Holy Grail and parliamentarism
Some good friends have celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary and they called us in León to do with them as much of the Camino de Santiago as we can. They are going to do it walking from León to Santiago. More than 300 kilometers. In my case, I was only able to join them for two days. The first [...]