SPAIN

(See also Andorra; Basque [Language]; Catalan [Language]; Columbus, Christopher; Spanish [Language]; Valencian [Language])

(Note centered heading below: Jehovah’s Witnesses)

Acinipo (Ronda la Vieja): g04 3/8 14-16

agriculture:

Extremadura area: g02 5/22 17

Moorish system: g88 11/8 27

olive oil: g17.2 13

olive pits as fuel for heating: g 10/06 30

Albarracín: g 7/09 16-19

alcohol abuse: g 7/14 3

animals:

equestrian ballet: g05 5/22 15-17

exotic: g04 1/8 28

Iberian lynx: g04 7/22 18

Pyrenees national parks: g 3/09 16-17

art of damascene: g05 1/22 16-18

Barcelona: g03 7/8 14-17

beverage horchata de chufas: g90 11/8 12

birds: g02 5/22 17-18

imperial eagle: g88 7/8 18

preservation of migratory: g88 7/8 16-18

purple gallinule: g88 7/8 17

red-crested pochard: g88 7/8 16

bullfighting: g90 10/22 30

Cádiz:

Phoenician settlement: w08 11/1 26-27

Catholic Church: g90 3/8 2-12

bishops give Nazi-Fascist salute (civil war, 1936-1939): g92 1/8 31

church in Mejorada del Campo: g96 4/8 10

debate of Dominican priest versus Rabbi Naḥmanides (1263): w97 4/15 19-22

decline: g05 7/8 28; g03 9/8 29; g91 3/22 28; g91 9/8 28; g90 3/8 3, 9-11; g89 5/8 28; g87 7/8 29; g86 8/22 29-30

Inquisition: w90 2/1 18; sh 283; g90 3/8 4, 6-7; w89 9/1 3; gm 30; g87 10/8 23-27; g86 4/22 23

percent who assign part of taxes to: g 2/06 30

percent who ignore birth-control prohibition: g89 9/22 23

persecution of Muslims: g89 8/8 22

power in 15th-16th centuries: g90 3/8 4-5

priests decreasing: g04 11/8 29; g95 10/22 28

relics supposedly of apostle James: g91 5/8 22-25

solid gold crown for “Our Lady of Hope”: w88 11/15 7

survey on effectiveness: g92 5/22 29

children:

psychological disorders: g03 12/22 29

TV watching: g04 2/8 29; g98 11/22 28-29

Christmas: w04 12/15 3-4

civil war (1936-1939):

religious incitement: re 207-208, 262; g90 3/8 7-9

colonies in Americas:

baptism of natives: w93 4/1 3

conquistadores: g90 3/8 5; gm 34

effect on Maya: w08 12/1 13-14

power of Catholic Church: g90 3/8 5

reading of the Requirement: g 6/13 14-15

Córdoba: g 2/12 28; sh 302-303; g88 11/8 24-25, 27

debt collectors in costume: g90 2/22 29

description: g17.2 12-13

drugs: g 1/07 15; g92 7/22 28; g88 12/8 4

earthquake (2011, Lorca): g 3/14 3

employment:

university degrees dropped from résumés: g 12/13 3

Expo ’92: g92 12/22 17-19

families:

“adopting” elderly: g02 12/22 28

separation and divorce: g 5/06 14; g02 8/8 28

food: g17.2 13

Galicia:

hórreo (homestead storehouse): g90 4/8 24

gambling boom: g89 10/8 28

geography: g17.2 12

Cabárceno Nature Park: g01 3/22 22-23

Coto Doñana wildlife preserve: g88 7/8 16-18

Las Médulas gold mine: g01 1/22 22-23

Monfragüe nature reserve: g02 5/22 16-18

government:

Alfonso X, the Wise: g 1/07 12-14

Church and State: g03 8/8 31; g90 3/8 4-9, 11

empire: g90 3/8 6-7

Ferdinand and Isabella: g90 3/8 4-5

Francisco Franco: lfs article 6

Moors: g88 11/8 23-26

Philip II: g90 3/8 6-7

Umayyad dynasty: g88 11/8 24-25

Granada:

the Alhambra: g 2/06 14-17

health and disease:

pesticides in people: g 12/08 29

Jews:

debate with Catholic Church (1263): w97 4/15 19-22

expelled (1492): w11 12/1 18; g93 1/8 32; g91 5/8 21; sh 217

lack of trust in institutions: g05 7/8 28

languages: g17.2 12

Madrid: g03 6/22 23-27

Magellan, Ferdinand: g97 11/8 12-17

maps: g17.2 12; yb09 21; g 6/07 16; g04 3/8 14; g03 7/8 14

medicine:

memorial statue to liver: g88 3/8 29

Witnesses explain stand on blood at university (1996): w97 2/15 19-20

monument to Satan: g02 7/8 31

Moorish Spain: g03 7/22 14-17; g88 11/8 23-27

Moriscos expelled (1609-1614): g 9/14 14-15

oil spill (La Coruña, 1992): g93 8/22 31

oil spill (ship Prestige, 2002): g03 8/22 20-21

Olympic Games (Barcelona, 1992): g93 1/22 22-25

Pamplona:

running of the bulls: g02 10/8 21

Paul’s intention to visit: bt 214; it-2 1015; w14 3/1 12; si 234

religion: g17.2 13

Alfonso de Zamora (16th-century Bible scholar): w11 12/1 18-21

Bible translations: w14 3/1 12-15; w04 8/15 28-29; w92 6/15 8-11; g87 10/8 25-26

decline: g96 4/8 3-6, 8

intolerance reversed: g93 1/8 32

Islam: sh 302; g89 8/8 22; g88 11/8 23-26

persecution for having Bible during 16th century: w86 5/15 17

Royal Bible sponsored by King Philip II: w06 11/15 14-16; w05 8/15 9-13

World Conference on Faith and Order (1993): g95 3/22 11

saffron: g89 10/8 26-27

Santiago de Compostela: g91 5/8 22-25

science:

“Man of Orce” fiasco: g94 1/8 24-25

Segovia’s aqueduct: g87 12/8 22-23

Seville: g03 7/22 14-17

sleep habits: g 8/07 29

Spanish Armada (1588): g 6/11 24-25; g 1/10 20-21; g 8/07 24-27; dp 138; yb90 102; w88 5/15 24

Tarshish possibly: it-2 1066

tax evasion:

false sales price for property: w90 2/15 28

“telemothers” provide food: g03 1/22 28

terrorist attack on railways (2004): g04 11/8 13-15

Toledo: g17.2 12-13; g 6/07 16-19; g88 11/8 26-27

School of Translators (1200’s): g 1/07 12-14; g 6/07 19

Treaty of Alcáçovas (1479): g 3/15 10

Treaty of Tordesillas (1494): g 3/15 10-11; g97 11/8 14; g94 12/8 20; g92 3/8 7

trees:

evergreen oak: g02 5/22 17

Jehovah’s Witnesses

Assembly Halls: yb97 24; yb96 26; yb94 18; jv 329; g87 9/8 26

auxiliary pioneers:

victim of cerebral aneurysm: yb12 11-12

ban (1939-1970): lfs article 6; kr 93; w93 11/15 23

blind Witness: g 11/15 8-9

blood issue: w93 6/15 19

boy with leukemia: w08 10/1 30-31

meeting on bioethics at university (1996): w97 2/15 19-20

victim of automobile accident: g00 5/8 12-13

branch office:

Barcelona (1970): lfs article 6

Madrid area (1983): jv 346-347, 384

Madrid area (1998): yb99 28-30

bus-collision tragedy (1996): g97 5/8 30; g96 8/22 26-27

children:

unbaptized, reach auxiliary pioneer hours: yb12 10-11

clergy commendation:

conference of religious leaders: rs 206

Protestant minister praises publications: w87 12/1 32

clergy opposition: lfs article 6; w95 2/1 22; jv 666-667; w89 3/1 3

incite authorities: jv 494

commendation:

city of Cádiz: w99 4/1 32

for volunteers building Kingdom Halls: g03 8/8 31

home for senior citizens: w05 11/1 32

relatives of sister who died: g05 10/22 31

congregations: jv 501

conventions: w90 1/15 29; yb89 15

quotes: g86 12/22 23

courts:

custody of children retained (2008): g 7/10 14

early witnessing: jv 384, 424, 430, 436-437

growth: kr 93; w09 9/15 32; yb99 28; jv 384, 494, 510; g90 4/8 24; yb87 47

honesty: w90 2/15 28

rewarded: w90 3/1 30; yb89 50-51

Kingdom Halls: g17.2 13; w94 8/1 8; jv 384, 700

commendation in press: kr 204-205; g96 4/8 10

congregation shares hall in Portugal: w12 1/1 12-13

host French congregation: w12 1/1 14-15

“Kingdom Hall” in prison: yb88 57

land donated by communities: g03 8/8 31

window display: w89 2/15 24

legal recognition (1970): lfs article 6; re 185; jv 384, 494, 696, 700

royal decree recognizes as ministers Witnesses in special full-time service (2008): yb09 24

life story of former nuns: w16.04 23-26

meetings: g17.2 13

first secret meeting place in Galicia: g90 4/8 24

Ministerial Training School: yb92 11, 13

minority-language field: w14 9/15 8-9

missionaries: w95 6/1 20-25; jv 494, 537-538, 541

mother’s resurrection appointment with dying daughter: w08 3/15 19-20

neutrality:

faithful unto death: g03 3/8 31

life story of prisoner: lfs article 6

prisoners continue witnessing: bt 216-217; jv 495

opposition:

misrepresented as dangerous sect: g99 1/8 9

persecution: lfs article 6; re 185; w95 2/1 22-23; jv 494; g93 1/8 32; g88 6/8 25

letters of protest: jv 316

persons:

Alarcón, Félix: w15 8/1 9-11

Arias, Julián: w03 7/1 21-25

Arroyo, Francisco and Yolanda: g91 7/8 17-19

Barber González, Enrique: g87 9/22 19-22

Bazán Listán, Caridad: w93 6/15 19

Beveridge, Eric and Hazel: w01 10/1 27-29

Castillo, Soledad: w08 10/1 28-31

Cooke, Eric: jv 430; w89 4/1 27

Cooke, John: jv 430; w89 4/1 27-28

Gargallo, Antonio: g03 3/8 31

Gunther, Richard and Rita: w95 6/1 20-25

Hundertmark, Paul and Evelyn: w95 6/1 20, 22-23

Kirkup, Raymond: g97 2/8 18-21

Martín, Jesús and Mercedes: lfs article 6

Martínez, Gaspar and Mercedes: w09 9/15 30-32

Martín Pérez, José: g88 11/8 13-15

Matthews, Gwendoline: w98 5/1 26-29

Morlans, Maite: w14 3/1 7-9

Mula Giménez, Manuel: jv 667

Muñiz, Juan: jv 436

Nebrera, Jose Antonio: g 4/11 21-23

Peláez, José María: g87 1/22 26-27

Piccone, Domenick: jv 541; w91 10/1 24-26

Reuter, Georg: g90 9/8 21

Ruiz-León Arroyo, Jairo: w15 3/1 9-11

Sánchez Escríbano, Amparo and Carmen: g88 2/8 22-25

Taylor, Ronald: w95 2/1 20-25

Unglaube, Willy: jv 429-430

West, Margaret: w89 3/1 10-13

Young, George: w00 7/1 25; jv 436-437

“Photo-Drama of Creation”: jv 437

pioneers:

increase: g95 10/22 28

places:

Alicante: lfs article 6

Galicia: g90 4/8 24

Logroño: w09 9/15 30-31

Madrid: w95 6/1 20-24

preferred for employment: yb89 51

printing: yb99 28, 30; jv 384, 584

resolution “A Testimony to the Rulers of the World”: jv 437

service experiences: w95 6/1 21-24; w94 9/15 27; w92 2/15 18; w91 1/1 5; w90 1/1 6; w90 2/15 6; yb90 53; g90 3/8 12; w89 9/15 32; g88 1/22 20-21

107-year-old mother and 83-year-old daughter: w10 12/15 25

actress and zarzuela singer: w11 5/1 28-29

atheist teacher moved by essay: w06 7/1 20

businesswoman who had stroke: w09 9/1 9

catechist: w14 1/1 12-13

Catholic school orders Family Happiness book: yb99 24-25

change in conduct stirs interest: yb99 60

children: w95 1/1 25

cousin of dictator Franco: w95 6/1 24

deaf in home for elderly: w05 11/1 32

drug abusers and criminals: ijwcl article 1; w08 6/1 14-15

harsh man changed by example of Joseph: wp20.3 11

hematologist recommends Bible Teach book: yb07 14

immigrant field: yb07 16; yb05 59-60; yb02 59-60

impressed by father’s example: yb15 71-72

mother remembers kindness: w18.08 25

notice posted at bus stop: yb05 59-60

orthopedic surgeon: yb03 55

prisoner’s letter of appreciation: yb16 70-71

prisoners study: yb88 57-58

professor praises Awake!: g01 3/8 32

terrorists: g 6/11 5-7; w98 8/1 5-6

thief returns goods: jv 178-179

villages: w93 11/15 23-27

witnessing in school: yb98 60

workmate who harassed Witness: yb01 60

youth in café: w95 1/15 32

serving where need is greater:

couple move to Panama: w17.05 30

pioneers from England: jv 437

special pioneers: lfs article 6

traveling overseers: lfs article 6

visits by—

Franz, F. W.: w87 5/1 29-30

Lösch, Gerrit: yb99 30

Rutherford, J. F.: jv 436-437

youths:

schoolgirl explains stand on blood: w05 3/15 18

schoolgirl’s essay based on Awake!: g00 4/8 15