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  • Arbocala, now called Tordesillas, was captured without much difficulty.

    The Young Carthaginian A Story of The Times of Hannibal 1867

  • Spaniards also run with bulls in northern Pamplona every year, spear them to death from horseback in a town called Tordesillas and cordon off town squares to let children dodge feisty calves bred to become top-fighter bulls.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • Spaniards also run with bulls in northern Pamplona every year, spear them to death from horseback in a town called Tordesillas and cordon off town squares to let children dodge feisty calves bred to become top-fighter bulls.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

  • Spaniards also run with bulls in northern Pamplona every year, spear them to death from horseback in a town called Tordesillas and cordon off town squares to let children dodge feisty calves bred to become top-fighter bulls.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Spaniards also run with bulls in northern Pamplona every year, spear them to death from horseback in a town called Tordesillas and cordon off town squares to let children dodge feisty calves bred to become top-fighter bulls.

    unknown title 2011

  • Spaniards also run with bulls in northern Pamplona every year, spear them to death from horseback in a town called Tordesillas and cordon off town squares to let children dodge feisty calves bred to become top-fighter bulls.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

  • Since Columbus 'discovery directly resulted in the Treaty of Tordesillas (the precursor to the Treaty of Saragossa), and since both treaties were endorsed by the respective popes of the time, how about some anti-slavery indignation toward the Roman Catholic Church?

    Columbus: The Far Left is Dead Right, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Another barbaric bull-based fiesta is the Toro de la Vega in Tordesillas, near Valladolid, which has become a touchstone for the fast-growing Spanish animal rights movement – for obvious reasons.

    Why bullfighting is making Spain see red 2010

  • Not since Pope Alexander VI divided the world in half by bestowing the western portion of the world to Spain and the eastern half to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) has the world seen such power being exerted by one group of world leaders.

    Freedom Lost 2009

  • He imprisoned Juana in a room in the castle at Tordesillas in 1509 where she spent the rest of her life.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009

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