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The Spanish habsburg dynasty - Coggle Diagram
The Spanish habsburg dynasty
The religious wars
In 16th century the Spanish Monarchy became the most powerful in Europe
To retain their territorial patrimony
Numerous wars against other kingdoms
The riches obtained from the Americas were not sufficient to finance their foreign policies
To defend Catholicism
Religious unity both in their territories and the whole of Europe
Domestic policy continued to be discriminatory
Outside Spain, they waged religiously motivated wars against the Protestant states
Economy and society in the 16th century
Sevilla monopolised trade with the colonies through the Casa de Contratación
The ships from pirate attacks, Felipe II organised a fleet system so the voyages between the Americas and Sevilla
It enabled the kings to finance the numerous wars
They were involved in throughout Europe
The arrival of metals enriched the nobility
The arrival of metals enriched the nobility
The majority of the population became poorer
The craft industry began to grow due
The rise in prices made Spanish products more expensive and it became cheaper to buy them abroad
More expensive projects
When these resources ran out they resorted to increasing taxes
Were collected from the peasants and the bourgeoisie
As the privileged classes did not have to pay them
The economy continued
Based on agriculture
The majority of the population became extremely vulnerable when harvests were bad
