@inbook{10.7722/j.ctt6wp9b0.6, ISBN = {9781855662827}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt6wp9b0.6}, abstract = {When Isabel and Ferdinand finally defeated their opposition and gained control of Castile, they effectively ended the internal political crisis which had been raging ever since the ascension of the house of Trastámara to the crown of Castile. They now turned their attention to a program of territorial expansion which eventually would become an empire so expansive that it would include colonies located all over the world. After conquering Granada, Ferdinand continued the kingdom of Aragon’s long tradition of economic and political interests in the Mediterranean; Isabel made the Indies her own personal imperial project. When Charles succeeded the Catholic}, bookauthor = {KEITH DAVID HOWARD}, booktitle = {The Reception of Machiavelli in Early Modern Spain}, edition = {NED - New edition}, pages = {41--68}, publisher = {Boydell and Brewer}, title = {Machiavelli and Spanish Imperialist Discourse in the Sixteenth Century}, year = {2014} }