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The Papal Bull Aeterni regis was issued on June 21, 1481 by Pope Sixtus IV, and confirmed the substance of the Treaty of Alcáçovas in confirming Castile in its possession of the Portugal.




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Treaty of Tordesillas (362 words)
It was intended to resolve the dispute that had been created following the return of Christopher Columbus.
In 1481 the papal Bull Aeterni regis had granted all land south of the Canary Islands to Portugal.
Naturally the Portuguese King John II was not happy, so he opened negotiations with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to move the line to the west, arguing that the meridian would extend all around the globe - limiting Spanish control in Asia.
La Trobe University - Library: Medieval Music Database - Annual cycle of feasts of liturgical chant, liturgical ... (678 words)
Aeterne rex altissime reddens Hymn for Commemoration of the Crown of Thorns
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Aeternis bonis spoliantur Verse for Cantius, Cantianus & Cantianilla, Martyrs
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