Charles government

Question 1

Who were Charles senior advisors

Answer 1

Gonzalo Perez
Juan Vasquez de molina

Question 2

What was los cobos role as a secretary

Answer 2

Played an important role in advising Charles for much of his reign particularly in financial matters

Question 3

Antoine Perot de Granvelle role as a secretary

Answer 3

Helped Charles draw up policies, held ina position of authority as Charles let the office of chancellor lapse and split responsibilities between cobos and granvelle

Question 4

When and who were the regents of Spain

Answer 4

Juan pardo de Tavera (1539-41)
Isabella Charles wife (1529-39)
Philip (1543 onwards)

Question 5

How many times did Charles call the Cortes in Aragon

Answer 5

6

Question 6

Why did Charles not call the Cortes in Aragon much

Answer 6

Asking for grants would give him minimal money and a third of it had to be spent on internal purposes

Question 7

How many times did Charles call the Cortes in Castile

Answer 7

15

Question 8

Why did the Castilian Cortes get called

Answer 8

Mainly to vote on what money Charles needed

Question 9

Which councils were advisory

Answer 9

Council of state

Question 10

Which councils were administrative

Answer 10

Royal council of Castile
Council of Aragon
Council of indies
Council or supreme and general inquisition
Council of War
Council of finances

Question 11

What style did Charles insist the court had to be like

Answer 11

Burgundian style court with elaborate ceremonies and the members amounted to 750 by the 1550s

Question 12

How much was the Burgundian style court costing per annum

Answer 12

200,000 ducats

Question 13

Role of royal council of Castile

Answer 13

Dealt with most of the internal affairs within Castile, acted as a court of law, hearing appeals from lower courts and advised the king on matters
Charles reduced the size of the court with fewer nobles and more letrados and Ecclesiasticus which were more reliable men

Question 14

Council if Aragon

Answer 14

More limited than Castile, acted as the highest court of appeal, administration of justice and internal administrative functions.
Officials came from 3 kingdoms and Charles respected this and it had people from the nobility and letrados from all of the kingdoms

Question 15

Council or indies

Answer 15

Formed in 1524
Given extensive control over all matters concerning the running of Castile American possessions

Question 16

Council of supreme and general inquisition

Answer 16

Linked all the kingdoms together as it dealt with heresy not only in Castile but all kingdoms of Spain

Question 17

Governors in the Netherlands

Answer 17

Mary of Hungary (1531-55)
One of the main people in charge when Charles left the Netherlands.

Margaret of Austria (1518-30)
Main person in controlling the northlands when Charles was away. Successive governor

Question 18

Council of state

Answer 18

Formed in 1526
theory of it was to advise Charles on the most important matters within Spain
In practise, was more designed to give social distinction to its members and it had little political influence and little administrative importance during Charles region

Question 19

When was the council if Italy set up

Answer 19

1555

Question 20

Role of secretaries

Answer 20

• became increasingly vital as the reign went on
• middle man in communications between the king and the councils as Charles rarely communicated with his councils

Question 21

When was cobos appointed royal secretary

Answer 21

1516

Question 22

Charles dealing with nobles

Answer 22

• outrage from nobles with appointment of pro-Flemish advisors and grandees
  -Communeros and Germania revolts meant that there was never a proper noble threat
  -the aristocracy was divided by familiy rivalries and found it difficult to unite with some cities divided into factions associated with rival nobles

Question 23

Role of hidaglos

Answer 23

Part of nobility
-controlled the countryside
- respected the crown to maintain their reputation and influence
-worked with the church in the countryside