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THE MODERN STATE
EUROPE AT THE END OF THE 15TH CENTURY
Eastern Europe
The Ottoman Empire
expanded
Mehmed II the Conqueror
Constantinople
big part of the Balkan peninsula
Selim I
Syria
Egypt
part of Arabia
Suleiman I the Magnificent
Hungary
North Africa
The Russian monarchy
new territories
Ivan III the Great
15th century
Ivan IV the Terrible
16th century
monarchs
tsar
emperor
The Polish monarchy
unified with Lithuania
weak kingdom
not very centralised
small states of Europe
The Holy Roman Empire
centre of Europe
kingdoms
independent territories
Austria, Burgundy, Flanders, Saxony, Switzerland, Bohemia...
couldn't be unify
Italy
small principalities and republics
Venice, Florence, the Papal States and Naples
fights
for the control of the regions
between Spain and France
Western Europe
Spanish monarchy
from a marriage
Isabel I of Castilla
Ferdinand III of Aragón
in the 16th century
Portugal became part of it
French monarchy
wars
gained power after the Hundred Years
Louis XI the Prudent
16th century
Francis I fought against Carlos V
bloody religious wars
Bourbon Dynasty
Henry IV
English monarchy
consolidate
after The War of the Roses
16th century
Tudor Dynasty
Henry VIII confronted the Pope
Elizabeth I defeated Felipe II
MONARCHIES
beginning of the Early Modern Age
most powerful monarchies
Spanish
Castilla
Aragón
Portuguese
new trade routes
French
English
Russian
whole of the Early Modern Age
small states
Italy
Germany
importance
economically
strategically
numerous wars
powerful monarchies
wanted their control
POLITIC
consequences
from taxes
disposable wealth
commercial profits
higher production
Monarchs
more resources
more powerful
reform institutions
create new ones
objectives
consolidate their authority
control nobility's power
administrate the kingdom's resources
be powerfullest than other monarchs
measures
Armies of mercenaries
nobles
were subdued
prohibition of from armies
diplomatic body
alliances
Bureaucracy
strengthened
officials
under control
supervised the kingdom's affairs
monarchs
control of their possessions
Centralised power
create new institutions
increasing power
feudal lords
decrease
autonomy
legislation
Capital of the Kingdom
concentrated power
institutions
function well
The result of the new political organization