THE REING OF CATHOLIC MONARCHS
ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
ART AND CULTURE
crown of Castilla
crown on Aragón
14th century
new humanists ideas
spread through Europe
Medieval tradition in Hispanic kingdom
Spanish Renaissance
humanists
culture
art
found universities
Castilian language
Juan Luis Vives
Sculpture
Gothic was maintained
Painting
crisis
economic
demographic
based on cereals
conflicts
Transhumance livestock farming
Burgos Consulate
shepherds migrated with their flocks
wool exportation was very important
north in summer
south in winter
monarchs put taxes
privileges to the shepherds
cañadas reales
Honrado Concejo de la Mesta
1494
control exportation of wool
from cantabrian ports
to Flanders or England
Spanish textile industry
domestic demand
Agriculture
less land for crops
pastures for the livestock
Andalucía
vineyards
olive groves
wine
oil
16th century
main economic source
metals from the Americas
crisis of the 14th century
increase the feudal abuses
available resources decline
abuses
taxes
fins
arbitrary measures
peasants
War of the Remences
1489
Ferdinand stopped the abuses
Sentencia Arbitral de Guadalupe
trade in the Mediterranean
benefitted
incorporation of Italian territories
main ports
Valencia
Barcelona
Economic activities
shipbuilding
textile industry
the Monarchs
impose duties to foreign products
protect local industries
more importance
Antonio de Nebrija
1492
philologist
published the first grammar
Cardinal Cisneros
Alcalá de Henares University
spread of the printing press
polyglot bible
written in four languages
easier to identify errors in translation
very important humanist
converted Jew
escaped from the Inquisition
Flanders
England
follower of Erasmus of Rotterdam
proposed
creation of social services
educational reforms
Architecture
main gothic works
commissioned by the monarchs
Isabelline style
Cisneros style
Domenico Fancelli
important artist
sculpted the Tomb of the Catholic monarchs
Granada
Pedro Berruguete
influenced by the Flemish style
