F and I social

Question 1

How did f and I control the urban areas

Answer 1

• use of personal presence
  -Royal officials such as corrigedors put in place every w years to help f and I get an insight into working society
  -use of hermandades in towns with more than 50 people kept order

Question 2

When was the peasant unrest

Answer 2

1484-85

Question 3

What did Ferdinand do to stop the peasant unrest

Answer 3

Implemented the ‘sentence of guadlupe’ in 1486 to remove the ‘6 evil customs’ the peasant were under

Question 4

How much land went to the nobles after the reconqusita had finished in 1492

Answer 4

50%

Question 5

Who and how did the more wealthy nobles maintain power

Answer 5

After Isabella’s death in 1504 the duke of medina sodina offered 2000 cavalry and 50,000 ducats to Ferdinand rival Philip of Habsburg

Question 6

What punishments did the nobles receive

Answer 6

• arrested and castles burnt for poor behaviour
  -Cortes of Toledo 1480 almost all land the nobility had gained since 1464 was returned back to the crown
  -coastal cities of Cartagena and Cadiz were Aldo returned to the crown

Question 7

What rewards did the nobles receive

Answer 7

• opportunities to serve in foreign wars meant chance of new titles
  -improved education of the clergy