Catholic Kings Flashcards
when was the expulsion of jews?
31 march 1492
how many jews left Spain?
70,000 left Castile and 10,000 left Aragon
why was the expulsion of jews a purely religious policy?
- caused large social disruption
- minority who were overtaxed - losing a source of income
who offered payment for jews to stay?
- chief rabbi of Castile offered money for Jews to stay
- refused by F+I
why did Ferdinand allow expulsion of jews?
only 10,000 jews in Spain - wouldn’t cause much harm
does the expulsion of jews show F+I to be catholic monarchs?
shows Isabella to be but not Ferdinand
what happened to the monarchy in relation to the church under Isabella?
became far more erastian and used this to strengthen Catholicism
what was the 1475 Segovia agreement?
ensured any bishops of archbishops had to have university education
what was the impact of the 1475 Segovia agreement?
- ensured less nobles became bishops
- strengthened catholicism
who was appointed as ABT in 1495?
- cisneros
- deeply religious man
- was living as a hermit in a cave and took 6 month to persuade him to do the job
how did F+I use their erastian to take advantage of the church ?
taxed church heavily
what year was Cruzada granted?
1484 - continued to collect it after Granda war
what were the profits of the cruzada used for?
- non religious policy
- after 1494, Cruzada used to pay for against French in Naples
when did the Granada war begin? what were F+I attempting to do
- attempting to complete reconquista
what was another motivation for the Granada war? (not reconquista)
- fear of ottoman invasion
- worried Granada could be used as a stronghold and launchpad for invasion
what were the surrender terms of 1492?
allowed Islam to remain in Granada until 1499 as she didn’t want rebellion
what did Isabella do in 1502?
ordered full explosion of moors from Castile
who saw the Granada conquest as religious?
pope - allowed them to collect cruzada
was Ferdinand a catholic monarch?
no
why did Ferdinand not expel muslims in 1502?
- too many of them
- they were excellent farmers
- wanted to reward for staying loyal during Granada war as they didn’t revolt
what is the quote about Ferdinand and religion?
he viewed religion ‘through a political eyepiece’
how many Muslims were there in Valencia alone?
300,000
when was IQ set up in Castile and Aragon?
1478 in Castile and 1481 in Aragon
what was IQ used to end?
convivencia
when did IQ first come into practice?
1480 in seville
who was the IQ brutal against ? why?
brutal against conversos - who they thought were false converts
how many conversos were burnt by 1500?
2000
how does IQ show F+I as Catholic kings?
- trying to eradicate converso problem
- caused to social unrest in order to strengthen catholicism
- more militant catholicism - limpieza de sangre
