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Elvira Roca Barea in 2017. María Elvira Roca Barea [n. 1] (born 1966) is a Spanish academic and writer. She studied philology, and specialized in the literature of the Middle Ages and early modern Europe.
Alfonso XIII in the distinctive uniform of the order. The uniform is nowadays worn by some nobles on the occasion of their wedding. [1]The Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla (Spanish for 'Royal Cavalry Armory of Seville') is a Spanish maestranza de caballería or chivalric order created in 1670 from the remnants of the preceding Cofradía de San Hermenegildo (or Hermandad Caballeresca). [2]
The caballería (lit. ' cavalry ') was a unit of land measurement in the Spanish viceroyalties in the Americas during the times of the Spanish Empire in the 16th through 19th centuries. [1] It was equivalent to 78.58 hectares (194.2 acres). [2] The unit came from Spain, where it had already been in use. [3]
Portrait of the Marquess of Vistabella in the uniform of the Real Maestranza de Caballería de Ronda, 1895. Maestranzas de caballería (literally translated as 'cavalry armories') are noble militias created in the early modern era by the Spanish Crown, with the aim of giving the nobility practice in horsemanship and the use of weapons.
Bonafos Caballeria (died 1464) was an anti-Jewish writer. He was the son of Solomon ibn Labi de la Caballeria of Zaragoza and assumed the name of "Micer Pedro" upon converting to Christianity. From his early youth he devoted himself to the study of Hebrew, Arabic and Latin languages, and gradually acquired a profound knowledge of civil and ...
Alejandro Andrés Zambra Infantas (Santiago, Chile, born September 24, 1975) is a Chilean poet, short-story writer and novelist. He has been recognized for his talent as a young Latin American writer, chosen in 2007 as one of the "Bogotá39" (the best Latin American writers under the age of 39) and in 2010 by Granta as one of the best Spanish-language writers under the age of 35.
He traveled to the New World under the protection of his sister, Marina de la Caballería, and became an influential part of New Spain's society. He was born in Almagro, to an influential family of New Christians. Marina's family were known as a converso family in the city. His mother was Mayor Flores de Guevara, a member of the local nobility.
Marina de la Caballería, full name Doña Marina Flores Gutierrez de la Caballería, (died 1540), was a Spanish pioneer, settler and noblewoman that colonized New Spain in the 16th century. She arrived to the New World in 1528 to reunite with her husband, Alonso de Estrada .