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THE REIGN OF THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS(2) - Coggle Diagram
THE REIGN OF THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS(2)
Foreign policy
Catholic Monarchs' main objectives
the isolation of France
consolidation of the Crown of Aragón in the Mediterranean
unification of the Iberian Peninsula
expansion across the Atlantic
strategies
diplomatic
Isolation of France
1493
territories of
Roussillon
Cerdanya
returned to Aragón
agreement reached with France
France continued to be their main enemy
To isolate France
monarchs married their children to English princes
Habsburgs of the Holy Roman Empire
Union with Portugal
monarchs
married their oldest daughter
Isabella of Aragón
to King Manuel I of Portugal
Miguel
due to inherit the 3 kingdoms
but both mother and son died
Maria
monarchs' other daughters
married to the widowed king
monarchs formed
by marrying their children
to the kings and princes of other European kingdoms
political agreements/ alliances
military
Iberian Peninsula
1492
surrendered the last existing Muslim state on the Peninsula
Boabdil
ruler of the kingdom of Granada
1512
Ferdinand the Catholic'
conquered Navarra
prevent it from forming an alliance with France
became part of the Crown of Castilla.
Outside the Iberian Peninsula
Northern Africa
kingdom of Portugal
conquered Ceuta
1497-1510
various enclaves which Berber pirates operated from
were conquered
Melilla
Bugia
Oran
Italy
defeated the French at the battles
Garigliano
Cerignola
secured the Aragónese territories
Naples
Sardinia
Sicily
forces of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba the Great Captain'
Atlantic Ocean
Catholic Monarchs
carried out a series of military conquests
Art and culture
characteristics
founding of new universities
Cardinal Cisneros
financed the Complutensian Polyglot Bible
founder of Alcalá de Henares University
spread of the printing press
sacred text
Greek
Hebrew
Latin
Chaldean
easier to identify errors in translation
Juan Luis Vives
converted Jew
went into exile to escape the Inquisition
pent the rest of his life in
Flanders
England
most important humanist
follower of Erasmus of Rotterdam
proposed the creation of
services for the poor
educational reforms
importance of the Castilian language
Antonio de Nebrija
first grammar of this language
1492
philologist and historian
Gothic artistic style maintained
sculpture
Domenico Fancelli
Italian
very important artist
sculpted
Tomb of the Catholic Monarchs
painting
Pedro Berruguete
greatly influenced
architecture
main works of art commissioned by Catholic Monarchs
Isabelline style'
Cardinal Cisneros
Hispanic kingdoms
medieval traditions
maintained their importance
new humanist and Renaissance ideas
Economy and society
Crown of Aragon
Ferdinand the Catholic
stopping the feudal abuses of the nobility
Sentencia Arbitral de Guadalupe
1486
ended this conflict
Trade in the Mediterranean
incorporation of Italian territories
into Aragon
main ports
Valencia
Barcelona
crisis of the 14th century
feudal abuses
number of available resources declined
increase in the abuses of the nobility
abuses were taxes
led to a peasant uprising
War of the Remences
arbitrary measures imposed by the feudal lords
Trade
benefitted
shipbuilding
textile industry.
monarchs protected local industries
placing taxes or duties
on foreign products
Crow of Castilla
Transhumance livestock farming
flocks travelled along paths
protected by the crown
called cañadas reales
exportation of wool very important
Honrado Concejo de la Mesta
Catholic Monarchs received taxes
from wool trade
gave numerous privileges to
association of shepherds that controlled this activity
1494
Burgos Consulate
from Cantabrian ports
Bilbao
Santander
to the textile industries
Flanders
England
control the exportation of wool
Spanish textile
just enough to cover domestic demand
Agriculture
amount of pasture land increased
replacing the land
suffered increase in livestock farming
Andalucia
maiteined
substantial vineyards
olive groves
produce wine and oil
16th century
precious metals
gold
silver
from America
