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THE REIGN OF THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS - Coggle Diagram
THE REIGN OF THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS
THE DYNASTIC UNION OF CASTILLA AND ARAGÓN
As a single state was not created, it is referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy.
In 1469
Isabella, the half-sister of Henry IV of Castilla, married Ferdinand
the King of Castilla died in 1474
conflict ended in 1479 with the victory of Isabella.
DOMESTIC REFORMS
The Catholic Monarchs carried out domestic reforms to centralise power.
power of the nobility
Specific matters.
The royal treasury
Councils of experts were appointed to
A militia, the Santa Hermandad
The judicial system of Castilla
Territories
Permission was obtained from the Pope to place Military Order
permanent army was formed with professional soldiers
reduce the autonomy of the kingdoms of the Hispanic Monarchy
position of viceroy was created
The Inquisition was established in the kingdom of Castilla in 1478
power of the General Courts was reduced
To restrict the autonomy of the urban oligarchies
In Aragón, the sortition system
In Castilla, the monarchs appointed the mayors
To improve international relations
The diplomatic corps, which represented the monarchs in other kingdoms, was expanded
RELIGIOUS POLICY
Catholic Monarchs’ main political objectives was to establish religious unity in their domains.
the Jews and Muslims were expelled.
The Mudéjar
Muslims who lived in Christian territories
Moriscos and they were also persecuted by the Inquisition
The Jews
known as Sephardic Jews
FOREIGN POLICY
The Catholic Monarchs' main objectives were the unification of the Iberian Peninsula, the isolation of France
used to achieve these.
Diplomatic
Union with Portugal.
to King Manuel I of Portugal
Isolation of France. In 1493
territories of Roussillon and Cerdanya
Military
On the Iberian Peninsula
In 1492, after a ten year war, Boabdil, the ruler of the kingdom of Granada
In 1512, Ferdinand the Catholic' conquered Navarra to prevent
Outside the Iberian Peninsula
Northern Africa. Between 1497 and 1510, various enclaves which Berber pirates operated from were conquered
Italy. The forces of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
The Atlantic Ocean. The Canary Islands were conquered following the subjugation of their inhabitants
ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
Crown of Castilla
The exportation of wool was very important.
Transhumance livestock farming developed, meaning the shepherds migrated
protected by the crown called cañadas reales
Honrado Concejo de la Mesta
94, Burgos Consulate was founded to control the exportation of woo
The Spanish textile
Crown of Aragón
in Castilla, the crisis of the 14th century provoked an increase in the abuses of the nobility, known as feudal abuses
Sentencia Arbitral de Guadalupe in 1486
rade in the Mediterranean benefitted from the incorporation of Italian territories into the Crown of Aragón
ART AND CULTURE
Juan Luis Vives, a converted Jew who went into exile to escape the Inquisition
he Gothic artistic style was maintained
Cardinal Cisneros, the founder of Alcalá de Henares University, financed the Complutensian Polyglot Bible
The philologist and historian Antonio de Nebrija published the first grammar of this language in 1492