She backed Cardinal Jimenez's (him-EN-ez-es) efforts to reform the Church in her nation, though the Cardinal burned many Muslim manuscripts on behalf of her attempt to push the Moors out of Granada.  
She gained the throne after a struggle with a woman claiming to be the daughter of her deceased half-brother, King Henry IV.  She backed Cardinal Jimenez's (him-EN-ez-es) efforts to reform the Church in her nation, though the Cardinal burned many Muslim manuscripts on behalf of her attempt to push the Moors out of Granada.  Known for backing the Inquisition and supporting Christopher Columbus's expedition to the New World, FTP, who was this woman who became ruler of Castile in 1474 with the help of her husband, Ferdinand of Aragon.
She gained the throne after a struggle with a woman claiming to be the daughter of her deceased half-brother, King Henry IV.  
Isabella I of Castile