This week we’re taking another look at Verse 2 of the bardcore version of “We Didn’t Start the Fire”:

Charlemagne, Alfred
Anne Boleyn without a head
Few things here to read
But the Nibelungenlied
Castile with Aragon
Second pope in Avignon
Novgorod, Chinggis Khan
Beowulf, Decameron

What does “Castile with Aragon” refer to?

The Kingdom of Castile on the Iberian Peninsula can be traced back to the 9th century. It later united with León and gained many southern acquisitions.

Aragon was another medieval kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula, northeast of Castile.

In 1469 Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile were married. Ten years later Ferdinand succeeded his father as king of Aragon; thus Castile and Aragon formed a single political unit known as España (Spain). Ferdinand and Isabella’s grandson Charles was the first official King of Spain (and later Holy Roman Emperor Charles V).

Ferdinand and Isabella are also famous for sponsoring Christopher Columbus’s voyage in 1492.