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THE REIGN OF THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS - Coggle Diagram
THE REIGN OF THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS
Economy and society
Crown of Castilla
The 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
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
Bilbao and Santander
The Spanish textile industry developed just enough to cover domestic demand
Agriculture suffered due to the increase in livestock farming
Crown of Aragón
the crisis of the 14th century provoked an increase in the abuses of the nobility
other arbitrary measures imposed by the feudal lords and led to a peasant uprising called the War of the Remences
Ferdinand
ended this conflict by stopping the feudal abuses of the nobility with the Sentencia Arbitral de Guadalupe in 1486
Trade in the Mediterranean
benefitted from the incorporation of Italian territories into the Crown of Aragón
The main ports were
Valencia
Barcelona
the 14th century, cereal farming, which the economy was based on, went into decline
Art and Culture
characteristics
The founding of new universities
The most important humanist was Juan Luis Vives
The increase in the importance of the Castilian language
The Gothic artistic style was maintained
Sculpture
the Italian Domenico Fancelli was a very important artist
Painting
the works of Pedro Berruguete were greatly influenced by the Flemish style
Architecture
the main Gothic works of art were commissioned by the Catholic Monarchs
Antonio de Nebrija published the first grammar of this language in 1492
the spread of the printing press
Cardinal Cisneros, the founder of Alcalá de Henares University, financed the Complutensian Polyglot Bible
a converted Jew who went into exile to escape the Inquisition and spent the rest of his life in Flanders and England
New humanist and Renaissance ideas spread from Europe, although in the Hispanic kingdoms medieval traditions maintained their importance