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The reign of the catholic monarchs - Coggle Diagram
The reign of the catholic monarchs
Domestic Reforms
Catholic Monarchs carried out a series of domestic reforms to centralise power.
To reduce the autonomy of the kingdoms of the Hispanic Monarchy:
The position of viceroy was created
The power of the General Courts was reduced.
The Inquisition was established in the kingdom of Castilla in 1478
it was reformed in Aragón to persecute false conversions.
To restrict the autonomy of the urban oligarchies:
In Castilla, the monarchs appointed the mayors
In Aragón, the sortition system, where local governors were selected by lottery
To weaken the power of the nobility:
Permission was obtained from the Pope to place Military Orders under the monarchs' contro
Trained officials began to replace the nobles in various institutions
A permanent army was formed (with mercenaries)
The Castilian military orders were managed by the Council of Military Orders
The royal treasury was given greater powers
Councils of experts were appointed to advise the monarchs
To improve international relations:
The diplomatic corps, which represented the monarchs in other kingdoms, was expanded
Castilla became an authoritarian monarchy
The dynastic union of Castilla and Aragón
1479
The conflict ended with the victory of Isabella
1474
King of Castilla died
Civil war broke out
between the followers of Joana
1469
Isabella married Ferdinand
Ferdinand became king
There wasn't a unified state so it was called as the Hispanic Monarchy
Religious policy
In order to prevent revolts and internal divisions, the Jews and Muslims were expelled.
The Mudéjar were Muslims who lived in Christian territories. After the conquest of Granada in 1492, Cardinal Cisneros forced them to be baptised
The Jews were persecuted by the Christian population towards the end of the Middle Ages
One of the Catholic Monarchs’ main political objectives was to establish religious unity in their domains.
Art and culture
new humanist and Renaissance ideas spread from Europe
Spanish Renassaince
The founding of new universities and the spread of the printing press.
The increase in the importance of the Castilian language.
The most important humanist
uan Luis Vives, a converted Jew who went into exile to escape the Inquisition
The Gothic artistic style was maintained.
Economy and society
Crown of Aragón
The abuses of the nobility growed
Fines
Taxes
other arbitrary measures
Trade benefitted other economic activities like shipbuilding and the textile industry.
Trade in the Mediterranean benefitted
Crown of Castilla
Transhumance livestock farming was developed
Exportation of wool was really important
The Spanish textile industry developed
Burgos Consulate was founded to control the exportation of wool
Foreign policy
Diplomatic
Union with Portugal
The monarchs married
Miguel with María
Isabella with Manuel
Isolation of France
In 1493 an agreement was reached with France in which the territories of Roussillon and Cerdanya
France continued to be their main enemy
Nobles married with English nobles (the enemy of France)
Catholic Monarchs' objectives were:
the consolidation of the Crown of Aragón
the isolation of France
the expansion across the Atlantic
the unification of the Iberian Peninsula
Military
Iberian Peninsula
In 1512, Ferdinand the Catholic conquered Navarra
In 1492 Granada surrendered
Outside the Iberian Peninsula
Italy was defeated
Northen Africa was conquered by Portugal
The Canary Islands were conquered
