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THE REIGN OF THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS - Coggle Diagram
THE REIGN OF THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS
Domestic reforms
Catholic Monarch
to centralise power
carried out a series of domestic reforms
existing institutions reformed
new ones were established
number of royal officials increased
4 objectives
weaken the power of the nobility
Permissions from the Pope
place Military Orders under the monarchs' control
permanent army formed
professional soldiers
overpower the militias of the nobility
territories
Council of Castilla
Aragón
Navarra
trained officials
replace the nobles in these institutions
Councils of experts
appointed to advise the monarchs
judicial system of Castilla
restructured through the audiencias
Valladolid
Granada
judges appointed the kings
militia
Santa Hermandad
created to
fight crime
keep the peace in rural Castilla
royal treasury
given greater powers
control and administrate tax collection
Specific matters
Council of Military Orders
Castilian military orders
Council of the Supreme Inquisition
dealt with matters concerning morals and faith
reduce autonomy of kingdoms of Hispanic Monarchy
viceroy
represented the monarchs
in each of their kingdoms in their absence
Inquisition
reformed in Aragón
to persecute false conversions
was a religious court
controlled by the Crown
Castilla in 1478
power of the General Courts was reduced
restrict the autonomy of urban oligarchies
Castilla
ran the city councils
monarchs appointed the mayors
Aragòn
sortition system
local governors were selected by lottery
improve international relations
diplomatic corps
represented the monarchs in other kingdoms
was expanded
pact tradition
Crown of Aragón maintained the pact tradition
king made decisions
with the approval of the regional institutions
Castilla became an authoritarian monarchy
The dynastic union of Castilla and Aragon
1474
civil war
Joanna la Beltraneja
had the support of Portugal
those of Isabella
had the support of Aragón
King of Castilla died
1479
Isabella won
The conflict ended
Ferdinand became the King of Aragón
after the death of his father
resulted in the dynastic
Castilla
Aragón
Reigning families
didn't result in the creation of unitary state
Each kingdom retained its own
laws
language
institutions
currency
internal boundaries
1469
Isabella married Ferdinand
The crown of Aragon
Hispanic monarchy
wasn't created a single state
The regin of the catholic monarch
established an authoritarian monarchy
Catholic Monarchs’ Isabella I of Castilla
Ferdinand II of Aragón
also happened in France and England
end of the 15th century
Religious policy
jews
15th century
anti-Semitism increased
Christians believed
Jews offended God
persecuted by the Christian population
towards the end of the Middle Ages
some of them
were bankers
many Christians owed them money
1492
monarchs forced them to convert to Christianity
who did not obey
had to sell their assets at a loss
leave their homes
Sephardic Jews
conversos
investigated/persecuted by the Inquisition
to prevent
practising their old religion in secret
agreed to convert
Catholic Monarchs
establish religious
unity in their domains
their aim
prevent revolts and internal divisions
the Jews and Muslims were expelled
Mudéjar
After the conquest of Granada
1492
Cardinal Cisneros forced them to be baptised
many of them revolted in the Alpujarras
expelled from
Castilla in 1502
Aragón in 1526
Muslims living in Christian territories
Moriscos
those who converted
persecuted by the Inquisition
majority of them were farmers
departure had a negative impact on agriculture
