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:crown:The Reign of the Catholic Monarchs (Parts III and IV):crown:
Religious policy
One of the Catholic Monarchs' main objective was to
establish religious unity in their domains
Their aim was to
prevent
revolts and internal divisions
To do this,
the Jews and Muslims were expelled
The
Jews
were
persecuted
by the
Christian population
towards the end of the Middle Ages, because the Christians believed that the Jews
offended God
In 1492, the monarchs forced them to convert to Christianity. Those who did not obey had to
sell their assets at a loss and leave their homes
. They are known as
Sephardic Jews
Those who agreed to convert were known as
conversos
and were
persecuted by the Inquisition
The
Mudéjar
were
Muslims who lived in Christian territories
After the conquest of Granada in 1492,
Cardinal Cisneros forced them to be baptised
. As a result,
many of them revolted
, and they were
expelled from Castilla in 1502
and
from Aragón in 1526
Those who
converted
were known as
Moriscos
and they were also
persecuted by the Inquisition
. As the
majority
of the Mudéjar were
farmers
, their
departure
had a
negative impact on agriculture
Foreign policy
The Catholic Monarchs used
diplomatic
and
military strategies
to achieve their
main objectives
:
Diplomatic
(The monarchs formed
political agreements
or
alliances
by
marrying their children
to the
kings and princes of other European kingdoms
)
Union
with
Portugal
The monarchs married
Isabella of Aragón
to
King Manuel I of Portugal
Their son,
Miguel
, was
due to inherit the three kingdoms
, but
both mother and son died
. One of the monarchs' other daughters,
María
, was then
married
to
the widowed king
Isolation
of
France
In
1493
an agreement was reached with
France
, and
Roussillon and Cerdanya
were
returned to Aragón
, but
France
continued to be their
main enemy
Then, the monarchs
married their children
to
English princes
and the
Habsburgs
of the
Holy Roman Empire
Military
(The Catholic Monarchs carried out a series of
military conquests
)
Inside
the Iberian Peninsula
In
1492
,
Boabdil
, the ruler of the
kingdom of Granada
,
surrendered
the
last existing Muslim state on the Peninsula
In
1512
,
Ferdinand 'the Catholic'
conquered
Navarra
, and then
became part
of the
Crown of Castilla
Outside
the Iberian Peninsula
Italy
The forces of
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba 'the Great Captain'
, defeated the
French
at the battles of
Cerignola
and
Garigliano
in
1503
and secured the
Aragónese territories
of
Naples
,
Sicily
and
Sardinia
The
Atlantic Ocean
The
Canary Islands
were conquered following the
subjugation of their inhabitants
, the
Guanches (1478-1496)
. These islands would serve as a
stop off point
for
Christopher Columbus' first voyage to the Americas
in
1492
Northern Africa
Between
1497
and
1510
, various enclaves were conquered
(Melilla, Oran and Bugia)
, and
Ceuta
was conquered by the
kingdom of Portugal