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