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THE REIGN OF THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS - Coggle Diagram
THE REIGN OF THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS
Crown of Castilla
exportation of wool was very important
Transhumance livestock farming developed
meaning the shepherds migrated with their flocks of sheep between seasons in search of new pastures
They migrated to the northern meseta in summer and headed south in winter.
The flocks travelled along paths protected by the crown called cañadas reales.
As the Catholic Monarchs received taxes from the wool trade
This association was called the Honrado Concejo de la Mesta
In 1494, Burgos Consulate was founded to control the exportation of wool from the Cantabrian ports
The Spanish textile industry developed just enough to cover domestic demand.
Agriculture suffered due to the increase in livestock farming.
Crown of Aragón
These abuses were taxes, fines and other arbitrary measures imposed by the feudal lords and led to a peasant uprising called the War of the Remences.
Trade in the Mediterranean benefitted from the incorporation of Italian territories into the Crown of Aragón. The main ports were Valencia and Barcelona.
The monarchs protected local industries by placing taxes or duties on foreign products.
ART AND CULTURE
The increase in the importance of the Castilian language. The philologist and historian Antonio de Nebrija published the first grammar of this language in 1492.
The founding of new universities and the spread of the printing press. Cardinal Cisneros, the founder of Alcalá de Henares University, financed the Complutensian Polyglot Bible
The most important humanist was Juan Luis Vives, a converted Jew who went into exile to escape the Inquisition and spent the rest of his life in Flanders and England
The Gothic artistic style was maintained.
The increase in the importance of the Castilian language. The philologist and historian Antonio de Nebrija published the first grammar of this language in 1492.
The founding of new universities and the spread of the printing press. Cardinal Cisneros
The most important humanist was Juan Luis Vives, a converted Jew who went into exile to escape the Inquisition and spent the rest of his life in Flanders and England
The Gothic artistic style was maintained.
In architecture, the main Gothic works of art were commissioned by the Catholic Monarchs
In sculpture, the Italian Domenico Fancelli was a very important artist. He sculpted the Tomb of the Catholic Monarchs in Granada.
In painting, the works of Pedro Berruguete were greatly influenced by the Flemish style.
