The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-04
Revolt And BOOhed Nothing New The GWed And Ancient Cities
 Which Have Seen nvaSion Conquest Internal Strife For 5000 Years

Che Moors became Q part of the CFusades, and Decon dto none Of tho Christian paiadins who fought against the men Of Mohammed waS tho Old, Bpain'B national hero. He was Rodrigo Dlas dc Blyar, known also ag ei campeadoF, "The Ohal' longer."
 fIO lived in the iith century, and performed such prodigieg oI arms, including the capture of Valencia, that his name and fame became subjects of i1nunerable fables. Type of the battling baronS Of the Middle Ages, the Old was . rOeslAnce, and WIS often at odds with some Of the mutually jealous Christian factions.
 Though usually fighting the Mos- iefis, h0 caHnpaigned iIl his own way, hiring out to the Moors when at odds with his king, but always sub. ject Co thet orders of no one, It iB signiflcant that this independent hero, u1reglfncnted and untamed, is the hero of Spain, almost the only paladin to survive the ridicule Of Cervantes.
 TO this day the Spanish admire the individual, the ulfettoFed, the proud.
 CTIRIsTTANg WIN LAND Aided by knights from France and England, the Christian king domg of the north continued An lsak kaav.al altkasak sssawRawa a0ale.ak laR. acen power organized knightly orders to fight the Sword and Crescent. By the middle of the 18th century, practically oil Of what is now Spain had been fes conquered ct the sign Of tho CroBs for Christianity. But the north- ern kingdoms were still warning with one another, jealous diS' united.
 It remained for the marriage Of King Ferdinand or AFagon with queen Isabella Of Leon and Castle to weld Christian Spain into unity. This united force r0Conquered all Spain except Granada, tho small section directly across from Africa, where . high state of civilization. learning and culture had been dc" Voi0ped under the MoorB,
 Luxurious buildings of that civils lzation remain today, and the Ale fambra iS one of the narveis which drew the American tourists who were endangered by the present res volt.
 VICTORY IS COMPLETE
 Ferdinand and Isabella trained a Bpiendidly equipped army of 10. 900 cavalry and 5000 infantry and b0Bleged Granada.
 Boabdii, the Moorish king, saw that the jlg was up. He negotiated a treaty guaranteeing the MooriSh occupants of the territory . cer. tain freedom, and abandoned tho city with his troops.
 Centuries of adverBlty for tho northern Christians, and centuries Of luxury and internal pickering among the southern MoBleing had made tho two no longer match. DoabdIl returned to north Africa.
 On the morning of Jan. 2, i402, Ferdinand and Isabella triums phantjy entered Granada. The long campaign had built lip . splendid Spanish army. The thrill of exs polling the Moors ct last had built . national conBcIousness and golid- flied ail Spain under tho F1on0rchy, enhancing Spanish prestige abroad.
 And that same year Of 1402 saw three little ships under Columbus the denoese sail under the epans ish flag westward from PaloB.
 NEXT; Gold pOUrs Into Spain from the Americas, the Spanish mil' ltaFy rules Europe, and world eTIis plFe seems not too high ' goaL though the screams Of tIie tortured ring through the chambers of Che TnqulsltIon. Spain st flood tide.