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THE REIGN OF THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS - Coggle Diagram
THE REIGN OF
THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS
RELIGIOUS POLICY
Objective
RELIGIOUS UNITY
The
Jews and Muslims were
expelled
to prevent
internal divisions
revolts
JEWS
Persecuted by the Christians
towards
the End of the Middle Ages
Anti-Semitism increased
(15th century)
1492
Monarchs forced them
to convert to Christianity
SEPHARDIC JEWS
they
did not convert
they had to
sell their assets at a loss
they had to
leave their homes
CONVERSOS
(CONVERTS)
they
agreed to convert
they were
investigated and
persecuted by the Inquisition
The
MUDÉJAR
Muslims who
lived in Christian teritories
1492
Cardenal Cisneros forced them
to be baptised
Many of them revolted
in the
Alpujarras
(Andalucia)
1502
They were
expelled
from Castilla
1526
They were
expelled
from Aragon
As the majority were farmers,
negative impact on agriculture
MORISCOS
They
converted
They were
also persecuted by the Inquisition
FOREIGN POLICY
Main OBJECTIVES
UNIFICATION of the IBERIAN PENINSULA
ISOLATION of FRANCE
CONSOLIDATION of the CROWN of ARAGON in the MEDITERRANEAN
EXPANSION across the ATLANTIC
STRATEGIES
DIPLOMATIC
UNION with PORTUGAL
Isabel of Aragon
&
King Manuel I of Portugal
got married
Their son Miguel was due to inherit the 3 kingdoms
Mother and son died
The monarch's other daughter
Maria & Manuel I of Portugal
got married
ISOLATION of FRANCE
1493:
agreement with France
Territories os
Rousillon and Cerdanya returned to Aragon
France continued to be their main
enemy
Monarchs
married their children to
English princes (
France's enemy)
Habsburgs of the
Holy Roman Empire
who governed
Austria
Burgundy
Political agreements or
alliances by marryng their children
to the kings and princes of other European kingdoms
MILITARY
(military conquests)
ON THE
IBERIAN PENINSULA
1512
Fernando "the Catholic"
conquered
NAVARRA
to prevent it from forming an alliance with France
Navarra became part of the Crown of Castilla
1492
Boabdil, the ruler of the
KINGDOM of GRANADA,
surrendered
the LAST EXISTING MUSLIM STATE
OUTSIDE
THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
NORTHERN AFRICA
1497 - 1510
Melilla, Oran and Bugia
(where Berber pirates operated from) were conquered
Ceuta
was
conquered by the Kingdom of Portugal
ITALY
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
"the Great Captain"
defeated the French at the
battles of
Cerignola
Garigliano (1503)
secured the Aragonese territories of
Naples
Sicily
Sardinia
The ATLANTIC OCEAN
Canary islands
subyugation of their inhabitants, the Guanches
(1478 - 1496)
Stop point for Chrisopher Columbus' first voyage to the Americas in 1492