THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS

The birth of a new monarchy

The authoritarian monarchy of the catholic monarchs

The monarchy and the estates of the realm

The religious policy of the catholic monarchs

Kingdoms under the catholic monarchs

Crown of Castilla

Crown of Aragón

Beginning of Moder Age

Iberian Peninsula

5 kingdoms

2 of those

the Crown of Aragón

the Crown of Castilla

1469

Fernando II of Aragón

married Isabel I

sister of Enrique IV of Castilla

died

1474

inherit Aragonese throne Fernando II

defeat Juana

king's daughter and heir

civil war

ended in 1479

Isabel and Juana

supported

Aragón

Portugal

fundations

development of modern Spain

Catholic Monarchy

bestowed by pope

on the cople in 1496

expelled Jews

conquered Granada

new monarchy

dynastic union

result of marriage, not a fusion of two kingdoms

composite monarchy

each crown kept its

borders

institutions

symbols

laws

subjects in one kingdom

foreign in other

monarchs shared policies

specific areas

foreign policy

religion

Catholic Monarchs'

main objective

restore the authority of monarchy

policies

transformations in kingdoms

The nobility

The church

The nobility

appointed Castilla

controlled kingdom's

towns

territories

Crown of Aragón

Fernando

imposed authority

mayor cities

Zaragoza

Barcelona

sortititon

appointing municipal changes (randomly)

pope

Catholic Monarchs

authority to intervene

appointmenet figures of Church

king

Master of Military Orders

feudal estates

Castilla

Aragón

controlled income

Catholic monarchs

confiscated lands

noblemen

supported Juana

civil war

tried to win

support

nobility

Isabel I

granted

higher title

Duke

Count of Infantado

Count of Medinaceli

Fernando II

Sentencia de Guadalupe

1486

abolished

harsh feudal taxes

Catalan serfs

pay compensation

lords

Catholic Monarchs

imposed authority

religion

policy of religious unification

obtained a papal bull

Holy Office

Inquisition

1478

Spanish Inquisition

Late Middle Ages

Pope

punish heretics

control

key role

repression of religious minorities

religious unification

1492

expelled Jews

not converted to Christianity

didn't believe conversors

(Jews converted to Christianity)

under suspicion

socially marginalised

Jews

Sephardic Jews

Marranos

Expelled from Peninsula

active community

culturally

economically

conquest of Granada

1492

mudejares

forced to convert Catholicism

extended to Castila

1502

royal decree

renunce their religion or be expelled

majority converted

under suspicion

maglarised

moriscos

composite monarchs

influence of Catholic Monarchs

diferent in Aragon and Castilla

Castilla

greater tradition

royal authoritarianism

royal influence

more resticted

regionals laws

institutions

courts

diputaciones generales

first administrative bodies common to all their kingdoms

Council of Inquisition

Council of Military Orders

part of Inquisition

reforms

more expensive

Council of Castilla

institution

during Middel Ages

advised the monarchs

Catholic Monarchs

reshaped this

giving authority

Santa Hermandad

1476 established

armed force

serviced the monarchs

1510

permanent royal army

mercenaries

Audiencias of Valladolid and Granada

Valladolid (1480)

Granada (1504)

centralise the justice system

Sala General

Sala de la Nobleza

Sala de Vizcaya

general population

own legislation

own laws

Audiencia of Valladolid

increased costs

Royal Treasury of Castilla

more funds

increase taxes

confiscate feudal estates

control income

military orders

Fernando II

authority

influence town councils

uncompromising

inplementation of Inquisition

Resistance in Aragon

solution

king's almost permanent abstance

Council of Aragon

1494

manage

Crown matters

viceroy was appointed

manage each kingdom

represented the monarch

administratively

judicialy

military