CATHOLIC MONARCHS
AUTHORITANIAN MONARCHIES
- unifying the territory
-increased the taxes to finance
- they built up an army
- they created a diplomatic system
- they created a bureaucracy
THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS
- John I of castile,
- Ferdinand I of aragon
- Alfonso V of aragon
- John II of aragon
- Mary of aragon
- Blanche of navarre
- Ferdinand II
- Fleanor of aragon
- Henry III of castile
- John II of castile
- Isabella of portugal
- Henry IV of castile
- Joan of portugal
- Joanna
- Isabella I
- Alfonso
DOMESTIC POLICIES
- the holy brotherhood
- royal council
- corregidores
Subtopic
- professional army
TERRITORIAL EXPANSION
Subtopic
- castile
HOW DID THEY ACHIEVE RELIGIOUS UNITY?
- 1478 - They got the Pope's permission to found The Tribunal
of the Inquisition to persecute heretics.
Subtopic
- 1512 - A similar decree was applied to Spanish Muslims
CATHOLIC KINGS
- Kings: Isabel I, Fernando II, Manuel el afortunado, Felipe, Enrique VIII, Isabel, Carlos I, Maria tudor
Sons: Isabel, Juan, Juana, María, Catalina
Crownless heirs: Alfonso, Margarita, Arturo y Miguel
FERDINAND AND ISABELLA
- increasing their power:
- expanding their kingdoms