Charles - Fiacnes Flashcards
4 Points Essay - What are they
- Castile
- New worlds
- The Church
- Expendature
Castile - Strengths
Paid for the majority of the needs of the empire
- little resistance from Cortes to higher taxes
- -> Alcabala collected without need to refer to Cortes
Charles didnt recieve any new tax BUT establihsed the Crowns right to recieve the Servicio, granted by Cortes, on a regular basis
BC the defeat of the Comuneros revolt
Castile - Weaknesse
Alcabala made into a fixed sum - 1534 // value fell bc inflation
Nobility: Juros only way of getting money from them
–> Paid back by assigning ordinary revenue income with interest BUT // less income came to Charles
–> Sales certificates of nobility earned quick money but this further decreased the size of the tax paying population
Tried to get the Sisa tax (food) in Cortes of Toledo 1538 BUT nobility refused
NEW WORLDS - from 1540’s onwards
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
DISCOVERY of Silver mines in New Worlds
1534-40: 324,000 ducats annually
1551-55: 871,000 ducats annually
Crown entitles to revenue from taxes, customs duties and Indian tribute
+ 1/5 th of all precious metal mined
Did not provide the solution to all financial problems –> million ducats needed to for ordinary expenditure
The Church
Strengths
Weaknesses
Although in theory, did not have to pay tax, in practice gave a great deal of money to
Tercias reales - Royal 1/3 of all tites paid to crown
1532: 372,000 ducats raised
1551: 500,000 ducats raised
Cruzada tax - 121,000 annually, about 1/4 royal income
Military Orders - Pope declared under Crowns ownership forever 1523, Ferdiand estimated that their income exceeded the income of Naples
BUT: all income went to FUGGERS for cost of imperial election
Expendature
Crowns position worsened in early years of reign bc
- Burgundian greed + expense of Imperial election
2x Cost of the Burgundian Court
Ordere of the Golden Fleece = salaries had to be paid for this
–> Lead to the Comuneros Revolt partially, raised money for election + spent money out of Castile, series of Cortes
Warfare = Metz Campaign of 1552 = 2 million Ducats
