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THE REIGN OF THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS - Coggle Diagram
THE REIGN OF THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS
One of the Catholic Monarchs’ main political objectives was to establish religious unity in their domains
Religious policy
The Jews
were persecuted by the Christian population towards the end of the Middle Ages
15th century
this anti-Semitism increased
The Christians believed that the Jews offended God
In 1492
the monarchs forced them to convert to Christianity
who did not obey had to sell their assets at a loss
leave their homes
They are known as Sephardic Jews
The Mudéjar
were Muslims who lived in Christian territories
In 1492 in Granada
after
Cardinal Cisneros forced them to be baptised
many of them revolted in the Alpujarras (Andalucía)
expelled from Castilla in 1502
and from Aragón in 1526
who converted were known as Moriscos and they were also persecuted by the inquisition
were farmers
Foreign policy
Diplomatic
The monarchs formed political agreements or alliances
by marrying
their children to the kings
princes of other European kingdoms
Union with Portugal
The monarchs married their oldest daughter, Isabella of Aragón
their son, Miguel was due inherit the three kingdoms
but both mother and son died
Isolation of France
In 1493 an agreement was reached with France
with the territories
Roussillon
Cerdanya
To continue isolating France
the monarchs married their children to English princes
the Habsburgs of the Holy Roman Empire, who governed Austria and Burgundy
Military
On Iberian Peninsula
1492
after a ten year war, Boabdil
the ruler of the kingdom of Granada, surrendered the last existing Muslim state on the Peninsula
1512
Ferdinand
conquered Navarra
to prevent it from forming an alliance with France
Outside Iberian Peninsula
Northern Africa
Between 1497 and 1510
arious enclaves which Berber pirates operated from
were conquered
Melilla
Oran
Bugia
Ceuta was conquered by the kingdom of Portugal
Italy
the Great Captain', defeated the French at the battles
of
Cerignola
garigliano
secured the Aragónese territories of
Naples
Sicily
Sardinia
The Atlantic Ocean
Canary Islands were conquered following the subjugation of their inhabitants
1478-1496
first voyage to the Americas in 1492
Foreign policy
main objetives
the isolation of France
the consolidation of the Crown of Aragón in the Mediterranean
unification of the Iberian Peninsula
the expansion across the Atlantic