Aragon, not Castile, was the earlier Iberian imperial power

Evidence

Because the world empire that Spain acquired in the sixteenth century was constitutionally run as a Castilian concern, we may think of Castile as the outward-looking, ambitious, and dynamic element in the Hispanic royal consortium, whereas the Crown of Aragon may appear to us to have been lacking (or as being free from?) that consuming drive for imperial domination that took Spanish rule so far round the world so fast. Yet in the Middle Ages it had been the Crown of Aragon that was the Iberian power with a great overseas empire. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 422 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Aragon, not Castile, had held the medieval Iberian overseas empire — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 422; Aragon sustained eastern Mediterranean imperial ambitions it could never actually fulfill — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 423; The death of Castile’s heir Juan unexpectedly opened the path to Iberian dynastic union. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 107

Broader Connections

• Aragon, not Castile, had held the medieval Iberian overseas empire #corroborates (0.98) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 422