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(RELIGIOUS POLICY, DOMESTIC REFORMS, THE DYNASTIC UNION OF CASTILLA AND…

- - - - Those who agreed to convert were known as conversos
        
        They were investigated and persecuted by the Inquisition
        
        to prevent them from practising their old religion in secret
      - Those who did not obey had to sell their assets at a loss and leave their homes
        
        They are known as Sephardic Jews
    - - were Muslims who lived in Christian territories
      - After the conquest of Granada in 1492, Cardinal Cisneros forced them to be baptised
        
        many of them revolted in the Alpujarras
      - They were expelled from Castilla in 1502 and from Aragón in 1526
      - Those who converted were known as Moriscos
        
        they were also persecuted by the Inquisition
      - the majority of the Mudéjar were farmers
        
        so their departure had a negative impact on agriculture
- - - - The position of viceroy was created
        
        This figure represented the monarchs in each of their kingdoms in their absence
      - The Inquisition was established in the kingdom of Castilla in 1478 and was reformed in Aragón to persecute false conversions
        
        It was a religious court, although it was controlled by the Crown
      - The power of the General Courts was reduced
    - - In Aragón, the sortition system, where local governors were selected by lottery, was maintained
      - In Castilla, the monarchs appointed the mayors, who ran the city councils
    - - The royal treasury was given greater powers to control and administrate tax collection
      - Specific matters
        
        The Castilian military orders were managed by the Council of Military Orders
        
        The Council of the Supreme Inquisition dealt with matters concerning morals and faith
      - Councils of experts were appointed to advise the monarchs about:
        
        A militia, the Santa Hermandad , was created to fight crime and keep the peace in rural Castilla
        
        The judicial system of Castilla was restructured through the audiencias of Valladolid and Granada, whose judges appointed the kings
      - Territories. The most important one was the Council of Castilla. Those of Aragón and Navarra were also important
      - Permission was obtained from the Pope to place Military Orders under the monarchs' control
      - A permanent army was formed with professional soldiers, which could overpower the militias of the nobility
    - - The diplomatic corps, which represented the monarchs in other kingdoms, was expanded
      - Castilla became an authoritarian monarchy
      - the Crown of Aragón maintained the pact tradition
        
        meaning that the king made decisions with the approval of the regional institutions
- - - - married Ferdinand, the Crown Prince of Aragón
    - - the followers of his daughter, Joanna la Beltraneja, who had the support of Portugal
      - those of Isabella, who had the support of Aragón
      - a civil war broke out
        
        The conflict ended in 1479 with the victory of Isabella
    - - the dynastic union of Castilla and Aragón
        
        This union did not result in the creation of a unitary state
        
        Each kingdom retained its own institutions, laws, language, currency and internal boundaries
        
        As a single state was not created, it is referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy