Golden Age of Spain and Hapsburgers: charles l Flashcards
Who is Charles l?
MOST IMPORTANT hapsburg (son of crazy woman!!)
Tell me more.. about him
Blood?
Birth Place?
Parents
Hes actually Austrian and Spanish.
He was actually born in Belgium
He is the son of Juana de Loco and Phillip the Handsome
Why was he important?
He became the holy roman emperor, controlled: Austria, Netherlands, Spain, New World
How is he so welathy and powerful
ALL THE TRADE AND MONEY FROM OVERSEAS
What form of rule did he believe in?
Absolutism (king has ALL THE POWER)
What relationship did charles have with god?
Believed it was God that put him in power: DIVINE RIGHT
Royal fifth
He would take 20% of the gold and silver that got imported from New world
What put major pressure on charles?
Relationship with Martin Luther?
Reformation
When the diet of worms happened, he was only 21!
1521- What did he do his best to do for his relgion?
Inquisition to keep spain catholic (intensive questioning for untrue followers)
1516-1526- Who did he fight for so long?
What ironic about it
The valois in France..even though they are both catholic
Who does Charles capture from the Valois?
Francis l and brought back to spain
What does Francis l when he gets captured
he trades himself for his two sons
1527- Who does he attack nnow? what is this event called
Sack of Rome
Attacks pope clement and he hides out
1529- Who does he defeat in Austria?
Sulieman the Magnificent in vienna (turks)
1550 (and goes on) - what is he trying to do with the rest of the holy roman empire?
Netherlands?
trying to unite the empire under catholicism (especially the north) whos protestant
but netherlands is calvinist
1555- Peace of Augsburg
Decides protestant is MEH and says german princes could choose their religion so North is basically able to be pretestant
1556- Abdication (giving his role) to his son phillip
What did he give him?
Spain, netherlands, southern Italy, Americas
Who did he give the title of holy roman emperor to? (austria)
To his own brother
What does the separation of different ownerships lead to
Hapsburgs are split! (austrian side lasts longer btw till WW1 and spain eventually loses to France)
