History

Biographies and History is a series of conferences organized by the Banco Santander Foundation in collaboration with the Cultural Foundation of the Spanish Nobility. It aims to review important moments in history through the biography of its protagonists.

In our Youtube channel you can see the conferences held in the 2020 cycle: The first globalization. America and the oceans. Routes of adventure and science (from the 16th to the 18th century) 2021: America and the oceans. Century XVIII. This cycle continues to study the importance that America had in the commercial, political and strategic relations of the time. And 2022, which addressed the topic: "America, Spain and independence: 200 years of a complex process." Carmen Iglesias and other historians revisit and interpret these events in the light of new contributions, coinciding with the bicentennial of the independence of several Ibero-American nations.

Now access here this new cycle of conferences that, in 2023, will deal with the theme: "A crown of letters: books and authors of the Hispanic Monarchy". Carmen Iglesias and other historians focus on the importance that writers, printers and grammarians played in that first globalization, achieving the elevation of Spanish to an international language both in the political-administrative and cultural spheres.