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

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- 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.

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- 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