THE REIGN OF THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS(II)
RELIGIOUS POLICY
FOREIGN POLICY 
One of the Catholic Monarchs’
main political objectives
to establish religious unity in their domains
aim was to prevent revolts
and internal divisions
Jews and Muslims
were expelled
Jews
persecuted by the Christian population
towards the end of the Middle Ages
15th century, this anti-Semitism increased
Christians believed that the Jews offended God
some of them were bankers and
many Christians owed them money
1492
monarchs forced them
to convert to Christianity
Mudéjar
sephardic jews
those who didn't hobey and had to sell
their assets at a loss and leave their homes
conversos
Those who agreed to conver
investigated and persecuted by the Inquisition
to prevent them from practising
their old religion in secret
Muslims who lived in Christian territories
after the conquest of Granada(1492)
Cardinal Cisneros forced them to be baptised
as a result many of them
revolted in the Alpujarras
Moriscos
those who converted
were persecuted by the Inquisition
As the majority of the Mudéjar were farmers, their
departure had a negative impact on agriculture
Catholic Monarchs' main objectives
unification of the Iberian Peninsula
isolation of France
consolidation of the Crown of Aragón
expansion across the Atlantic
diplomatic and military
strategies used to achieve these
diplomatic
monarchs formed political
agreements or alliances
by marrying their children to the kings
and princes of other European kingdoms
union with Portugal
isolation of France
1493 an agreement with France
the territories of Roussillon and
Cerdanya were returned to Aragón
France continued to be their main enemy
to continue isolating France
monarchs married their children to
English princes (France's enemy)
Habsburgs of the Holy Roman Empire,
who governed Austria and Burgundy
military
Catholic Monarchs carried out
a series of military conquests
on the Iberian Peninsula
outside of 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
then became part of the Crown of Castilla.
Italy
The Atlantic Ocean
Northen Africa
Between 1497 and 1510
various enclaves which Berber
pirates operated from were conquered
Ceuta conquered by the king of Portugal
The Canary Islands were conquered
forces of Gonzalo Fernández de
Córdoba the Great Captain'
secured the Aragónese territories
of Naples, Sicily and Sardini
defeated the French at the battles
of Cerignola and Garigliano (1503)