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| 42. Three creeds coexisted together
in this place: Jewish, Muslims and Christians. The expulsion of tha Jews in 1492
produced the decadence of this region. |
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43. In the same year the New World
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| 44. Adventurers and conquerors will
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45. Also in these days the interpretation
of King Fernando's will turn Arévalo into only a manorial estate. |
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| 46. The town is sieged by regent
Cardinal Cisneros. The will will be declared null and void and accordingly, Arévalo
will be loyal to the royalist troops in the Communard movement. |
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47. The XVI the century is one of
splendour for village, which will give great people to history: Diego Osorio, captain
general in Venezuela, Francisco Carvajal, general in Perú. |
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| 48. Cardinal Diego de Espinosa who
was president of the Castilian Council and minister of Felipe II, Juan Montalvo Bishop
of Cuzco. |
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49. Gonzalo Ronquillo, viceroy of
the Philippines, Alfonsao Montalvo, compiler of the laws of the Catholic Kings. |
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| 50. Saint Ignacio of Loyola will
live in Arévalo for eleven years [1506-1517], and his godmother from Arévalo
Doña María de Velasco will have great influence in his way to sanctity. |
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51. This place lodged important celebrities
such as King Felipe II who passed a lot of times demanding soldiers and taxes because
of his wars in Italy and Flanders. |
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| 52. Later, with Felipe IV the Arevalenses
will take part in wars in Portugal, Catalonia and the Netherlands. |
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53. But with so many wars this land
will be impoverished and will be filled with the maimed and the elderly. |
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