THE REIGN OF THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS (II)
Foreign policy
Religious policy
The Catholic Monarchs wanted to establish religious unity
To prevent revolts and internal divisions
To do this, they expelled the Jews and Muslims
Mudéjar Muslims
Jews
Christians didn't like Jews because
They believed that the Jews offended God
some Jews were bankers and many Christians owed them money
They were persecuted by the Christians during the end of the Middle Ages
They were forced to convert to Christianity
In 1492
Those who did not obey had to leave the territory (Sephardic Jews)
Those who obeyed (conversos) were investigated and persecuted by the Inquisition
They were the Muslims who lived in Christian territories and most of them were farmers
They were forced to be baptised
Because of this, many of them revolted in the Alpujarras and were expelled
From Castilla in 1502
From Aragón in 1526
Some others converted (Moriscos) and they were persecuted by the Inquisition
Main objectives
The isolation of France
The consolidation of the Crown of Aragón in the Mediterranean
The unification of the Iberian Peninsula
The expansion across the Atlantic
To achieve this they used
Diplomatic strategies
Military strategies
They formed alliances with other European kingdoms by marrying their children to other kings and princes
Union with Portugal
Isolation of France
They conquered some territories
On the Iberian Peninsula
Outside the Iberian Peninsula
Italy
The Atlantic Ocean
Northern Africa
Between 1497 and 1510
Melilla, Oran, Bugia and Ceuta was conquered
Naples, Sicily and Sardinia was conquered
In 1503
The Canary Islands were conquered
Between 1478 and 1496
In 1492, the kingdom of Granada was conquered
In 1512, Navarra was conquered
Isabella of Aragón, to King Manuel I of Portugal were married
They had a child, Miguel, who was going to inherit the 3 kingdoms, but Isabella and Miguel died
Then Manuel was married to Maria, one of the monarchs' other daughters
In 1493, the territories of Roussillon and Cerdanya were returned to Aragon
In spite of that, France was their main enemy and to isolate them, they married their children to
English princes
The Habsburgs of the Holy Roman Empire