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Religious and Foreign policy - Coggle Diagram
Religious and Foreign policy
Religious policy
Jews
were persecuted by Christians
15th century
Anti-Semitism increased
Christians believed that the Jews offended God
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
Those who agreed to convert were known as conversos and were investigated and persecuted by the Inquisition
Mudéjar
Were Muslims who lived in Christian territories
Cardinal Cisneros forced them to be baptised
1502
Were expelled from Castilla
1526
Were expelled from Aragon
The majority of the Mudéjar were farmers
Foreign policy
Diplomatic
Union with Portugal
Their son, Miguel, was due to inherit the three kingdom
But mother and son died
Maria
Was married to the widow king
Monarchs married Isabella of Aragón, to King Manuel I of Portugal
Isolation of France
The territories of Roussillon and Cerdanya were returned to Aragón
France continued to be their main enemy
To continue isolating France, the monarchs married their children to English princes
Military
On the Iberian Peninsula
1492
Boabdil, the ruler of the kingdom of Granada, surrendered the last existing Muslim state on the Peninsula
1512
Ferdinand the Catholic conquered Navarra to prevent it from forming an alliance with France
Outside the Iberian Peninsula
Italy
The forces of Gonzalo Fernández de Cordoba the Great Captain, defeated the French at the battles of Cerignola and Garigliano
The Atlantic ocean
The Canary Islands were conquered following the subjugation of their inhabitants, the Guanche
Northern Africa
various enclaves which Berber pirates operated from were conquered, Ceuta Melilla and Bugia