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New Monarchs
Consolidated power and created the foundation for Europe's first modern nation-states in France, England and Spain. Charles VII, Louis XI, Henry VII, and Ferdinand and Isabella.
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Valois dynasty
(Catholic) the ruling family in France; fought the Habsburgs (of Spain) for control of the Italian Peninsula
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Louis XI ("Spider King")
Created a large royal army Dealt ruthlessly with nobles, individually, and within the Estates General Increased taxes Exerted power over the clergy Actively encouraged economic growth o Promoted new industries such as silk weaving o Encouraged foreign merchants and craftsmen to immigrate to France o Entered into commercial treaties with England, Portugal and the Hanseatic League
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Francis I
concordat of bologna and taille
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concordat of bologna
(1516) king of France now had power to appoint bishops to French Church-major blow to papal influence in France
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taille
tax on property and land, provided permanent income for French royal government to build up an army
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War of the Roses
(between 1455-1477) Two noble families, the House of York and the House of Lancaster fought a civil war to gain the crown. Yorkists were victorious and gave rise to the Tudor dynasty (which would rule England until 1603).
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Henry VII
Reduced the influence of the nobility, in part, through the Star Chamber (secret trials) Nobles were tried without a jury, could not confront witnesses, and were often tortured b. Nobles were not allowed to have private armies with their own insignias c. However, the English parliament continued to gain power in its struggle with the crown. Standard governmental procedures of law and taxation were developed. Thus, the Tudors did not have the power over taxation that the Valois' enjoyed in France
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Marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon (r. 1478-1516) & Isabella of Castile (r. 1474-1504):
unified Spain, reconquista, spanish inquisition,
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Reconquista
1492 Goal was to remove the last of the Moors and the Jews and Christianize Spain Last Muslim stronghold of Grenada surrendered b. Loss of Jews and Moors resulted in a significant decline in the Spanish middle-class Between 30,000 to 60,000 Jews expelled
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hermandades
alliances of cities to oppose nobles Helped bring cities in line with royal authority
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Spanish Inquisition
: (conceived by Isabella) a. Monarchy enforced the authority of the national (Catholic) church b. Tomás de Torquemada, a Dominican monk, oversaw the Inquisition. c. The Inquisition targeted conversos: Jews who had converted to Christianity but were now suspected of backsliding into Judaism Thus began a wave of anti-Semitism in certain parts of Europe In Portugal, 4,000 Jews who refused to leave were massacred in 1506. Germany began systematically persecuting Jews in 1509.Cardinal Ximenes by 1500 had succeeded in getting rid of the abuses and opposition to reform in the Church (something that did not happen in most other countries). Thus, Spain, like France, did not turn Protestant during the Reformation.
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hapsburg
Perhaps the greatest royal family of modern European history, the Hapsburg dynasty once controlled Spain, Austria, the Netherlands, and the Holy Roman Empire under one man. 1400-1900
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The Holy Roman Empire
300 semi-autonomous German states. a. Each state had its own foreign policy and wars sometimes occurred between states. b. The center of Hapsburg power was in Austria and other hereditary states nearby. 2. The HRE was NOT a "New Monarchy" a. The emperor did not have centralized control, could not levy taxes or raise armies outside of his own hereditary lands (largely around Austria) b. Hapsburg kings were never able to gain control of the numerous German states, duchies and principalities in the Holy Roman Empire that had enjoyed their own independence.
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Maximilian I
The Holy Roman Emperor that attempted to centralize the administration by creating new institutions common to the entire empire, but he was successful in marriage alliances.
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Charles V
most powerful ruler in Europe in the 16th century a. As Holy Roman Emperor, he controlled the Austrian Hapsburg lands while he ruled the Spanish Empire at the height of its power. b. His armies sacked Rome in 1527 that symbolically ended the Renaissance in Italy c. Hapsburg-Valois Wars (c. 1519-1559): HRE was locked in a dynastic struggle with Francis I for control of Burgundy and territories in Italy. d. Charles V sought to prevent spread of Protestant Reformation in Germany throughout his reign.